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Table 2 Fatigue measures of RA patients

From: The potential role of fatigue in difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis

Variable

D2T RA (n = 38)

Non-D2T RA (n = 107)

p

Global fatigue (0–70), median [p25-p75]

28 [21–37]

19[6–32]

0.003

 Physical (0–22)

13 [10–17]

10 [4–15]

0.008

 Living (0–21)

7[3–11]

4 [0–7]

0.003

 Cognitive (0–15)

5 [1–7]

3 [0–6]

0.06

 Emotional (0–12)

3.5 [2–7]

2 [0–4]

0.006

BRAF-NRS, median [p25-p75]

   

 Fatigue severity (0–10)

7 [5–8]

5 [2–7]

0.009

 Effect of fatigue (0–10)

5 [3–7]

4 [2–6]

0.03

 Fatigue coping* (0–10)

4 [2–6]

3 [1–5]

0.08

  1. Abbreviations: RA: rheumatoid arthritis; D2T: difficult to treat; BRAF-NRS Bristol Rheumatoid Arthritis Fatigue Numerical Rating Scales. *Higher score = better outcome