Table 1.

Sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of the participants in PDA alpha- and beta-testing

	Alpha-testing		Beta-testing
	Rheumatologists (n = 8)	RA patients (n = 21)	Rheumatologists (n = 6)	RA patients (n = 54)
Age [mean (SD)] (years)	44.75 (8.55)	48.95 (12.34)	37.67 (11.52)	58.82 (12.85)
Women [% (n)]	50 (4)	90.5 (19)	66.67 (4)	90.38 (47)
Time practicing specialty, years (SD)	17.13 (8.32)	–	11.5 (9.4)	–
Number of patients seen per week (SD)	33.13 (21.58)	–	28.33 (28.23)	–
Marital status [% (n)]
Single	–	28.6 (6)	–	–
Partnership/married		47.6 (10)
Separated/divorced		19 (4)
Widowed		0 (0)
No response		4.8 (1)
Level of education [% (n)]
Primary school	–	14.3 (2)	–	38.46 (20)
High School		23.8 (5)		34.62 (18)
University or higher		57.1 (12)		21.15 (11)
Others		4.8 (1)		5.77 (3)
Time from diagnosis [mean (SD)] (years)	–	15.71 (12.08)	–	11.72 (12.48)
Comorbidities (% yes)	–	57 (12)	–	44.44 (24)

PDA patient decision aids, RA rheumatoid arthritis, SD standard deviation