Mental Health and Rheumatoid Arthritis: Toward Understanding the Emotional Status of People with Chronic Disease

Table 1

Comparison of pain, depression, and anxiety among patients in biological and nonbiological treatment: t-Test of differences for independent samples.

Variable	Treatment type		t-Test statistics
	biological treatment (n=57)	nonbiological treatment (n=28)	t	df	p	d
	M (SD)	M (SD)
Pain intensity	8.3 (4.94)	12.12 (4.85)	3.36	83	.001	.78
Daytime pain	4.71 (2.49)	6.80 (2.18)	3.78	83	<.001	.90
Night pain	3.60 (2.76)	5.32 (2.99)	2.62	83	.010	.60
Anxiety	8.26 (3.05)	9.21 (3.82)	1.24	83	.218	-
Depression	5.05 (3.21)	6.28 (3.42)	1.63	83	.107	-