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© 1991 British Society for Rheumatology

brief-report

A COMPARISON OF DISABILITY MEASURED BY THE STANFORD HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE DISABILITY SCALES (HAQ) IN MALE AND FEMALE RHEUMATOID OUTPATIENTS

P. W. THOMPSON, F. S. PEGLEY and N. C. WOOD

The Academic Department of Rheumatology, The Royal London Hospital Whitechapel, London E1 1BB

Correspondence to: Correspondence to Dr P Thompson

Eighty-five consecutive rheumatoid patients (M:F = 22:63) seen during a 10-week period were studied. There were significant differences between the sexes for haemoglobin (means (SD) M = 13.5 (1.2), F = 12.0 (1.6) g/dl. P<0.01), presence of nodules (M = 50%, F = 19%. P<0.05) and for the HAQ scores (mean (SD) score M = 1.1 (0.9), F = 1.7(0.9), P = 0.03) but not for age, disease duration, presence of erosions, Larsen score, treatment, pain, early morning stiffness, articular index, ESR, and C-reactive protein. The results suggest that the patients were matched for age, disease activity, severity and duration. The difference in haemoglobin between the sexes is in keeping with a reference population. The data suggest that the impact of RA has a greater effect on the functional status of women.

KEY WORDS: Rheumatoid arthritis, Stanford Health Assessment Questionnaire, Functional outcome, Health status


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