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Table 1 Participant demographics

From: Qualitative and psychometric approaches to evaluate the PROMIS pain interference and sleep disturbance item banks for use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

 

Total sample

(N = 32)

Pain interference

(n = 20a)

Sleep disturbance

(n = 12a)

Age (years), mean (SD)

53.9 (10.3)

53.2 (11.4)

55.0 (8.5)

Age at diagnosis (years), mean (SD)

42.6 (9.5)

42.4 (10.5)

42.9 (8.1)

Time since diagnosis (years), mean (SD)

10.7 (9.4)

9.2 (7.4)

13.3 (12.0)

Number of swollen joints at screening, mean (SD)

9.4 (4.4)

8.5 (4.0)

10.9 (4.8)

Number of tender joints at screening, mean (SD)

10.2 (6.2)

8.8 (3.6)

12.7 (8.8)

Female, n (%)

21 (66)

13 (65)

8 (67)

Race/ethnicity, n (%)

 White, non-Hispanic

20 (63)

14 (70)

6 (50)

 Black or African American

10 (31)

4 (20)

6 (50)

 Asian

1 (3)

1 (5)

0

 Other

1 (3)

1 (5)

0

Current RA medication, n (%)

 Biologic only

1 (3)

1 (5)

0

 csDMARD only

13 (41)

6 (30)

7 (58)

 Both biologic and csDMARD

17 (53)

12 (60)

5 (42)

 Neither biologic nor csDMARDb

1 (3)

1 (5)

0

Self-reported RA severity, n (%)

 Mild

0

0

0

 Moderate

22 (69)

14 (70)

8 (67)

 Severe

10 (31)

6 (30)

4 (33)

  1. csDMARD, conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug; RA, rheumatoid arthritis; SD, standard deviation
  2. an values represent the number of participants who took part in cognitive debriefing for each item bank
  3. bOne participant had previously taken a biologic for treatment of RA, but was in the process of switching medications due to reported medication side effects