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. 2017 Dec 6;15:237. doi: 10.1186/s12955-017-0807-5

Table 4.

Pearson Correlations between Severity of Worst Tiredness and Other Instruments in RA-BEAM and RA-BUILD at Week 12

Instruments Severity of Worst Tiredness
RA-BEAM RA-BUILD
n r n r
Week 12a
 Duration of MJS 1281 0.32*** 666 0.38***
 Severity of MJS 1281 0.79*** 666 0.77***
 Severity of Worst Joint Pain 1281 0.82*** 666 0.82***
 SF-36
  Role Physical Domain 1233 −0.45*** 632 −0.42***
  Bodily Pain Domain 1233 −0.51*** 632 −0.52***
  General Health Domain 1233 −0.39*** 632 −0.38***
  Social Functioning Domain 1233 −0.43*** 632 −0.44***
  Vitality Domain 1233 −0.52*** 632 −0.51***
  Role Emotional Domain 1233 −0.41*** 632 −0.32***
  Mental Health Domain 1233 −0.40*** 632 −0.34***
  Physical Functioning Domain 1233 −0.43*** 632 −0.41***
  Mental Component Score 1233 −0.40*** 632 −0.34***
  Physical Component Score 1233 −0.45*** 632 −0.45***
 FACIT-F Total Score 1233 −0.60*** 632 −0.60***
 HAQ-DI Total Score 1233 0.49*** 632 0.46***
 QIDS-SR16 Total Score 1231 0.37*** 632 0.37***
 Patient’s Assessment of Pain 1233 0.69*** 632 0.65***
 PtGA 1233 0.64*** 632 0.62***
 Tender Joint Count 28 1231 0.32*** 630 0.40***
 Swollen Joint Count 28 1231 0.21*** 630 0.23***
 PhGA 1224 0.35*** 627 0.38***
 hsCRP 1220 0.46*** 623 0.49***

Abbreviations: FACIT-F = Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue; HAQ-DI = Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index; hsCRP = high-sensitivity C-reactive protein; MJS = morning joint stiffness; n = number of patients; PtGA = Patient’s Global Assessment of Disease Activity; PhGA = Physician’s Global Assessment of Disease Activity; QIDS-SR16 = Quick Inventory of Depressive Symptomatology Self-Rated-16; SF-36 = 36-Item Short Form Health Survey version 2 with Acute recall

Pearson correlation coefficients with significance using p-values denoted as: * ≤ 0.05, ** ≤ 0.01, *** ≤ 0.001

aDaily average of seven days preceding visit that contained at least 4 measurements