Research Article
Contact Frequency, Travel Time, and Travel Costs for Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis
Table 1
Characteristics of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) invited to complete a survey including questions on travel costs to health providers.
| | Individuals invited to survey () | |
Completed travel questions () |
Returned questionnaire but did not complete travel questions () |
Did not return the questionnaire () |
| Gender | | | | | | | Male | 708 | 25% | 85 | 28% | 131 | 24% | Female | 2139 | 75% | 223 | 72% | 418 | 76% | Age group (yrs.) | | | | | | | ≤50 | 679 | 24% | 18 | 6% | 126 | 23% | 51–75 | 1868 | 66% | 209 | 68% | 269 | 49% | >76 | 300 | 11% | 81 | 26% | 154 | 28% | Cohabiting | | | | | | | Single | 932 | 33% | 144 | 47% | NA | | With partner | 1915 | 67% | 164 | 53% | NA | | Residential area | | | | | | | Rural/small towns | 1832 | 64% | 219 | 71% | 340 | 62% | Larger cities | 1015 | 36% | 89 | 29% | 209 | 38% | Education | | | | | | | Short or none | 710 | 33% | 117 | 61% | NA | | Medium term | 1047 | 49% | 131 | 69% | NA | | Long | 1090 | 51% | 60 | 31% | NA | | In the labor market | | | | | | | Yes | 981 | 34% | 30 | 10% | NA | | No | 1672 | 59% | 220 | 71% | NA | | Missing data | 194 | 7% | 58 | 19% | NA | | Disease duration (RA) | | | | | | | 0–2 years | 684 | 24% | 64 | 21% | 124 | 23% | 3–10 years | 1136 | 40% | 127 | 41% | 196 | 36% | 10+ years | 1027 | 36% | 117 | 38% | 229 | 42% | C-reactive protein level | | | | | | | Normal | 1998 | 70% | 199 | 65% | 350 | 64% | Elevated | 849 | 30% | 109 | 35% | 199 | 36% | Body mass index (BMI) | | | | | | | Underweight | 106 | 4% | 8 | 3% | NA | | Normal | 1531 | 54% | 178 | 58% | NA | | Overweight | 832 | 29% | 91 | 30% | NA | | Obese | 378 | 13% | 31 | 10% | NA | | Biological medicine | | | | | | | No | 2249 | 79% | 264 | 86% | 464 | 85% | Yes | 598 | 21% | 44 | 14% | 85 | 15% | Health score (mean, sd) | | | | | | | Global VAS (; 308; 549) | 35 | (25) | 34 | (24) | 36 | (7) | HAQ score (; 308) | 0.7 | (0.6) | 0.6 | (0.6) | NA | | EQ-5D VAS (; 158) | 40 | (28) | 54 | (33) | NA | | EQ-5D index (; 158) | 0.307 | (0.421) | 0.453 | (0.468) | NA | |
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Notes: VAS: visual analog scale; HAQ: health assessment questionnaire; NA: not available.
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