Table 2.
Demographic characteristics of overall sample and per treating hospital*
|
Total (n = 895) |
Maastricht (n = 317) |
Rotterdam (n = 271) |
Enschede (n = 307) |
P † | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Female sex | 436 (48.7) | 155 (48.9) | 142 (52.4) | 139 (45.3) | 0.23 |
| Age, mean ± SD (range) |
61.1 ± 13.9 (18–91) |
63.0 ± 13.2 (18–91) |
59.9 ± 13.5 (25–88) |
60.1 ± 14.8 (21–89) |
0.01 |
| Rheumatic disease | 0.22 | ||||
| RA | 369 (41.2) | 133 (42.0) | 114 (42.1) | 122 (39.7) | |
| SpA | 319 (35.6) | 107 (33.8) | 107 (39.5) | 105 (34.2) | |
| Gout | 207 (23.1) | 77 (24.3) | 50 (18.5) | 80 (26.1) | |
| Education level | 0.02 | ||||
| Low | 454 (50.7) | 149 (47.0) | 159 (58.7) | 146 (47.6) | |
| Medium | 222 (24.8) | 78 (24.6) | 62 (22.9) | 82 (26.7) | |
| High | 219 (24.5) | 90 (28.4) | 50 (18.5) | 79 (25.7) | |
| Migration background | <0.001 | ||||
| Native Dutch | 738 (82.5) | 269 (84.8) | 212 (78.2) | 257 (83.7) | |
| Western migrant | 83 (9.3) | 38 (12.0) | 20 (7.4) | 25 (8.1) | |
| Non‐Western migrant | 74 (8.3) | 10 (3.2) | 39 (14.4) | 25 (8.1) | |
| Employment | |||||
| Working | 298 (33.3) | 92 (29.0) | 91 (33.6) | 115 (37.5) | 0.08 |
| Working <65 | 280 (56.1) | 89 (55.3) | 85 (52.1) | 106 (60.6) | 0.29 |
| Work disabled <65 | 146 (29.2) | 48 (29.8) | 52 (31.9) | 46 (26.3) | 0.52 |
| Retired | 358 (40.0) | 143 (45.1) | 96 (35.4) | 119 (38.8) | 0.05 |
| Household composition | |||||
| Living alone | 220 (24.6) | 86 (27.1) | 67 (24.7) | 67 (21.8) | 0.31 |
| Patient‐reported outcomes | |||||
| Mastery, mean ± SD (range) |
20.0 ± 3.4 (9–28)‡ |
19.8 ± 3.2 (9–28) |
19.7 ± 3.3 (12–28) |
20.5 ± 3.6 (10–28)‡ |
0.01 |
| RDCI score, mean ± SD (range) |
1.2 ± 1.3 (0–7) |
1.1 ± 1.3 (0–6) |
1.1 ± 1.4 (0–6) |
1.2 ± 1.4 (0–7) |
0.91 |
| Self‐reported health score, mean ± SD (range) |
6.4 ± 1.8 (0–10) |
6.6 ± 1.6 (2–10) |
6.2 ± 1.8 (0–10) |
6.4 ± 1.8 (1–10) |
0.02 |
Values are the number (%) unless indicated otherwise. RA = rheumatoid arthritis; RDCI = Rheumatic Disease Comorbidity Index; SpA = spondyloarthritis. N = 306 for mastery in Enschede, as the Pearlin Mastery Scale was not available in Arabic.
Analysis of variance/chi‐square test was used for differences across hospitals.
One respondent did not complete the Pearlin Mastery Scale, as it was not available in Arabic.