The Use of Oral Analgesics and Pain Self-Efficacy Are Independent Predictors of the Quality of Life of Individuals with Rheumatoid Arthritis

Table 2

Type of oral analgesics and use of sDMARDs in patients using oral analgesics.

	Number of patients who use oral analgesics	Number of patients who also use sDMARDs among patients using oral analgesics
N (%)	25 (29.4)	23 (92)^†
Type of oral analgesics
NSAIDs, n (%)
Acetaminophen, n (%)	3 (12)	3 (100)
Pregabalin, n (%)	3 (12)	2 (67)

sDMARDs: synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, NSAIDs: non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug. Percentages in this column represent the percentage of the whole patient sample (N = 85); †percentages in this column represent the percentage of the patients who take oral analgesics or each specific type of oral analgesic.