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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Qual Life Res. 2017 Oct 5;27(3):755–764. doi: 10.1007/s11136-017-1709-z

Table 1.

Baseline demographic data of the convenience sample

N %
Total patients 217
Age in years, Mean ± SD 53 ± 14
Gender, N(%) Females 169 78
Males 48 22
Race, N(%) Caucasian 178 82
African American 11 5
Asian 2 1
Not provided 26 12
Self-reported Diagnoses, (N)%)
Rheumatoid arthritis 48
Systemic Sclerosis 35
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus 24
Overlap Connective Tissue Diseases 20
ANCA associated vasculitis 13
Osteoarthritis 11
Undifferentiated Connective Tissue Diseases 10
Fibromyalgia 8
Myositis 6
Psoriatic arthritis 6
Other Inflammatory arthropathy 6
Other* 30
Mean T-score metrics across 13 PROMIS domains, Mean± SD PROMIS Domain T-score
Anger 52 [± 9]
Anxiety 54 [± 9]
Depression 53 [± 8]
Fatigue 58 [± 10]
Pain behavior 55 [± 8]
Pain interference 58 [± 10]
Physical function 40 [± 8]
Physical function with mobility aid 42 [± 10]
Satisfaction with social roles and activities 44 [± 10]
Sleep disturbance 55 [± 9]
Sleep related behavior 56 [± 9]
Social isolation 47 [± 9]
Ability to participate in social activities 47 [± 9]

SD standard deviation, ANCA Anti-Neutrophilic Cytoplasmic Antibodies,

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Other conditions (n): Spondyloarthritis (4), Sjogren’s syndrome (4), Gout (3), Morphea (3), Inflammatory bowel disease associated arthritis (2), Interstitial Lung Disease (2), Low back pain (2), Reactive arthritis (2), Relapsing polychondritis (2), Adult-onset asthma and periocular xanthogranuloma (1), Behcet’s disease (1), Cicatricial pemphigoid (1), Giant cell arteritis (1), Polymyalgia rheumatic (1), Urticarial vasculitis (1)