Table 4.
Assessment | Intensive Management | Standard Care | Linear Regression* |
Mixed Effect Models |
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N = 168 | N = 167 | Unadjusted | P-value | Adjusted | P-value | Unadjusted | P-value | Adjusted | P-value | |
Mean (SE) | Mean (SE) | Coefficients | Coefficient | Coefficients | Coefficient | |||||
(95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||||||
DAS28-ESR | 3.4 (0.1) | 3.8 (0.1) | −0.6 (−0.9, −0.3) | <0.001 | −0.5 (−0.8, −0.2) | 0.001 | −0.4 (−0.7, −0.2) | 0.001 | −0.4 (−0.6, −0.1) | 0.003 |
Tender Joints | 7.5 (0.7) | 10.8 (0.8) | −2.4 (−4.4, −0.3) | 0.023 | −2.7 (−4.5, −0.8) | 0.004 | −1.4 (−3.4, 0.7) | 0.187 | −1.7 (−3.5, 0.2) | 0.076 |
Swollen joints | 3.5 (0.4) | 4.9 (0.5) | −1.9 (−3.0, −0.7) | 0.002 | −1.6 (−2.7, −0.5) | 0.004 | −1.5 (−2.6, −0.5) | 0.005 | −1.3 (−2.3, −0.4) | 0.006 |
ESR | 17 (1) | 15 (1) | −1.5 (−3.9, 1.0) | 0.239 | −1.1 (−3.4, 1.1) | 0.329 | −1.1 (−3.2, 1.0) | 0.312 | −0.7 (−2.7, 1.2) | 0.463 |
CRP | 9 (2) | 7 (1) | 0.9 (−2.6, 4.4) | 0.628 | 1.5 (−1.8, 4.7) | 0.372 | 0.6 (−2.0, 3.1) | 0.666 | 1.3 (−0.9, 3.5) | 0.239 |
Assessor Global | 23 (2) | 31 (2) | −6 (−12, −0.2) | 0.043 | −8 (−13, −3) | 0.003 | −4 (−9, 2) | 0.169 | −5 (−10, −1) | 0.015 |
Patient Global | 29 (2) | 41 (2) | −9 (−15, −2) | 0.010 | −11 (−17, −6) | <0.001 | −6 (−12, −1) | 0.026 | −9 (−14, −4) | <0.001 |
Fatigue | 40 (2) | 50 (2) | −18 (−24, −11) | <0.001 | −15 (−21, −9) | <0.001 | −16 (−21, −10) | <0.001 | −13 (−18, −8) | <0.001 |
Pain | 28 (2) | 37 (2) | −6.5 (−13., 0.4) | 0.064 | −8.4 (−15, −2.3) | 0.007 | −4 (−11, 2) | 0.161 | −6 (−12, −1) | 0.015 |
HAQ | 1.0 (0.1) | 1.1 (0.1) | −0.1 (−0.2, 0.0) | 0.055 | −0.1 (−0.2, 0.0) | 0.046 | −0.1 (−0.1, 0.0) | 0.136 | −0.1 (−0.2, 0.0) | 0.137 |
EQ5D-5L | 0.76 (0.02) | 0.72 (0.02) | 0.02 (−0.02, 0.06) | 0.248 | 0.03 (−0.01, 0.07) | 0.078 | 0.02 (−0.01, 0.05) | 0.275 | 0.02 (−0.01, 0.05) | 0.121 |
Larsen score | 13 (1) | 10 (1) | 0.5 (−0.1, 1.0) | 0.095 | 0.4 (−0.2, 0.9) | 0.175 | – | – | – | – |
Change from baseline analysed and adjustments made for demographics (age, gender, ethnicity, disease duration) design factors (NHS region) and baseline score; standard of care arm was the reference group; SE =standard errors; CI= 95% confidence Intervals.