Table 5b: Correlation of the mean items of the RAOS questionnaire with quantitative variables.

 

Pain

Symptoms

ADL

Sport/Rec

QOL

 

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

r

p

Age

-0.12

0.23

-0.10

0.92

-0.16

0.11

-0.19

0.05

-0.07

0.46

BMI

-0.08

0.39

-0.10

0.29

-0.09

0.38

-0.10

0.33

-0.01

0.9

Foot pain (VAS), mean ± SD

-0.69

< 0.01

-0.51

< 0.01

-0.62

< 0.01

-0.60

< 0.01

-0.61

< 0.01

CRP, mean ± SD

-0.28

0.005

-0.169

0.101

-0.231

0.024

-0.217

0.035

-0.21

0.035

DAS28, mean

-0.59

< 0.001

-0.50

< 0.001

-0.55

< 0.001

-0.33

< 0.001

-0.47

< 0.001

HAQ, mean

-0.52

< 0.001

-0.43

< 0.001

-0.57

< 0.001

-0.23

0.022

-0.37

< 0.001

RAOS: Rheumatoid and Arthritis Outcome Score, ADL: Activities of Daily Living, Rec: Recreational; QOL: Quality Of Life; SD: Standard Deviation, n: number