Table 2.
Mean relative importance of the items of ASAS HI
| Item | UK | France | Germany | The Netherlands | Spain | Italy | Overall |
| Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | Mean (95% CI) | |
| Pain (Q1) | 9.74 (9.35 to 10.13) | 9.9 (9.49 to 10.30) | 9.02 (8.58 to 9.45) | 11.10 (10.7 to 11.51) | 10.52 (10.09 to 10.96) | 9.33 (8.93 to 9.74) | 9.97 (9.79 to 10.14) |
| Sleeping (Q16) | 9.08 (8.63 to 9.54) | 10.49 (9.98 to 11.00) | 8.84 (8.38 to 9.3) | 10.48 (10.05 to 10.91) | 8.82 (8.35 to 9.3) | 9.39 (8.95 to 9.83) | 9.50 (9.31 to 9.69) |
| Being exhausted (Q5) | 8.02 (7.64 to 8.39) | 8.61 (8.21 to 9.00) | 7.10 (6.74 to 7.47) | 9.01 (8.67 to 9.35) | 7.40 (7.03 to 7.78) | 8.17 (7.80 to 8.53) | 8.03 (7.88 to 8.19) |
| Overcome difficulties (Q17) | 7.82 (7.43 to 8.21) | 6.86 (6.54 to 7.17) | 7.96 (7.55 to 8.37) | 7.02 (6.65 to 7.40) | 8.30 (7.97 to 8.64) | 7.11 (6.76 to 7.47) | 7.55 (7.39 to 7.70) |
| Concentration (Q11) | 6.11 (5.76 to 6.46) | 6.74 (6.35 to 7.13) | 7.47 (7.1 to 7.85) | 7.05 (6.72 to 7.38) | 6.02 (5.66 to 6.37) | 7.21 (6.85 to 7.57) | 6.78 (6.63 to 6.93) |
| Standing (Q2) | 5.43 (5.09 to 5.77) | 7.34 (6.94 to 7.73) | 6.17 (5.77 to 6.57) | 5.91 (5.51 to 6.32) | 6.64 (6.24 to 7.04) | 7.14 (6.76 to 7.52) | 6.45 (6.29 to 6.61) |
| Financial changes (Q15) | 7.02 (6.58 to 7.46) | 5.29 (4.92 to 5.65) | 7.60 (7.11 to 8.08) | 6.15 (5.76 to 6.55) | 6.61 (6.20 to 7.03) | 5.88 (5.50 to 6.25) | 6.42 (6.25 to 6.59) |
| Toileting (Q4) | 7.18 (6.7 to 7.66) | 4.8 (4.45 to 5.14) | 6.75 (6.32 to 7.17) | 4.99 (4.67 to 5.31) | 4.40 (4.09 to 4.70) | 5.59 (5.24 to 5.94) | 5.64 (5.48 to 5.80) |
| Frustrated (Q13) | 4.51 (4.15 to 4.87) | 4.16 (3.83 to 4.48) | 5.13 (4.76 to 5.49) | 5.72 (5.37 to 6.08) | 6.44 (6.05 to 6.83) | 7.02 (6.62 to 7.43) | 5.48 (5.33 to 5.64) |
| Walking outdoors (Q10) | 6.51 (6.12 to 6.89) | 5.82 (5.45 to 6.18) | 4.93 (4.61 to 5.25) | 4.39 (4.09 to 4.69) | 5.61 (5.25 to 5.96) | 5.53 (5.18 to 5.88) | 5.45 (5.30 to 5.59) |
| Motivation for physical effort (Q6) | 5.48 (5.11 to 5.85) | 5.98 (5.6 to 6.35) | 4.82 (4.46 to 5.17) | 5.74 (5.35 to 6.12) | 5.5 (5.13 to 5.88) | 4.53 (4.17 to 4.88) | 5.31 (5.16 to 5.47) |
| Sexual relationship (Q7) | 4.58 (4.12 to 5.04) | 5.07 (4.65 to 5.49) | 4.97 (4.52 to 5.42) | 4.47 (4.04 to 4.91) | 5.57 (5.11 to 6.04) | 5.13 (4.71 to 5.55) | 4.97 (4.79 to 5.15) |
| Travelling (Q12) | 5.88 (5.51 to 6.26) | 4.34 (4.03 to 4.66) | 3.88 (3.53 to 4.23) | 4.1 (3.77 to 4.43) | 4.29 (3.96 to 4.62) | 4.15 (3.88 to 4.42) | 4.42 (4.29 to 4.56) |
| Contact with people (Q9) | 4.38 (4.03 to 4.73) | 3.78 (3.48 to 4.09) | 4.71 (4.37 to 5.04) | 4.65 (4.35 to 4.95) | 4.47 (4.13 to 4.8) | 3.01 (2.75 to 3.28) | 4.16 (4.02 to 4.29) |
| Driving (Q8) | 3.72 (3.36 to 4.08) | 4.21 (3.9 to 4.52) | 4.10 (3.72 to 4.47) | 3.55 (3.24 to 3.86) | 3.71 (3.39 to 4.03) | 4.35 (4.03 to 4.67) | 3.94 (3.80 to 4.08) |
| Running (Q3) | 2.65 (2.29 to 3.00) | 4.19 (3.8 to 4.58) | 4.08 (3.71 to 4.46) | 3.41 (3.00 to 3.82) | 3.60 (3.26 to 3.95) | 3.93 (3.59 to 4.27) | 3.65 (3.50 to 3.80) |
| Washing hair (Q14) | 1.91 (1.65 to 2.16) | 2.45 (2.21 to 2.69) | 2.48 (2.22 to 2.75) | 2.25 (2.02 to 2.49) | 2.09 (1.86 to 2.32) | 2.53 (2.28 to 2.78) | 2.28 (2.18 to 2.39) |
A best-worst scaling was conducted to retrieve the mean relative importance of every item of the ASAS HI, rescaled to 0–100. In this table the results of all the participating subjects are presented.
ASAS HI, Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society Health Index.