Skip to main content
. 2021 Apr 7;7(1):e001546. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001546

Table 4.

Self-perceived health, well-being, mental health and disease activity (N=1800, unless otherwise specified)

Variables n (%) or mean±SD
Self-perceived health status (n=1786)
  Very good 125 (7.0)
  Good 519 (29.1)
  Fair 802 (44.9)
  Bad 293 (16.4)
  Very bad 47 (2.6)
 Change in health status during lockdown
  Much worse than before 182 (10.2)
  Moderately worse 650 (36.4)
  Same as before 843 (47.2)
  Moderately better 97 (5.4)
  Much better than before 14 (0.8)
Visual Analogue Scale for disease activity (0–10) (n=1756) 5.3±2.7
Patient Acceptable Symptom Scale
Overall pain during last week (0–10) (n=1421) 6.0±3.0
Overall pain ≥4 (0–10) (n=1421) 1074 (75.6)
Dissatisfaction with health status if prolonged in future months on lockdown (n=1421) 743 (52.3)
WHO-5 (0–100) (n=1777) 50.7±23.9
 Poor well-being (WHO-5 ≤50) 870 (49.0)
Mental health (n=1769)
 HADS anxiety (0–21)
  No case (0–7) 756 (42.7)
  Borderline case (8–10) 435 (24.6)
  Case (11–21) 578 (32.7)
 HADS depression (0–21)
  No case (0–7) 958 (54.2)
  Borderline case (8–10) 438 (24.8)
  Case (11–21) 373 (21.1)

HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; WHO-5, WHO Five Well-Being Index.