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Table 1 Demographic and disease characteristics (N = 40)

From: Randomized feasibility trial of the Scleroderma Patient-centered Intervention Network Self-Management (SPIN-SELF) Program

Variable

SPIN-SELF

Usual care

N = 26

N = 14

Demographic

 Age in years, mean (SD)

54.7 (11.3)

62.9 (7.3)

 Female sex, N (%)

24 (92.3)

13 (92.9)

 Education in years, mean (SD)

15.6 (3.1)

15.6 (3.0)

 Married or living as married, N (%)

19 (73.1)

10 (71.4)

Race/ethnicity, N (%)

 White

21 (80.8)

12 (85.7)

 Black

2 (7.7)

2 (14.3)

 Other

3 (11.5)

0 (0.0)

Country, N (%)

 Canada

9 (34.6)

4 (28.6)

 The USA

12 (46.2)

7 (50.0)

 The UK

5 (19.2)

3 (21.4)

Disease characteristicsa

 Time since onset first non-Raynaud’s symptom or sign in years, mean (SD)

16.7 (9.3)b

12.7 (7.3)c

 Time since diagnosis in years, mean (SD)

13.0 (8.3)d

10.6 (5.2)

 Diffuse disease subtype, N (%)

11 (44.0)e

8 (50.0)

Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease Scale score (SEMCD)

 SEMCD Scale score, mean (SD)

5.0 (1.5)

4.8 (1.2)

PROMIS-29

 Physical function score, mean (SD)

39.2 (8.1)e

39.6 (9.9)

 Anxiety score, mean (SD)

56.8 (8.7)e

53.1 (9.1)

 Depression score, mean (SD)

54.9 (9.5)e

53.2 (9.0)

 Fatigue score, mean (SD)

63.2 (8.1)e

57.8 (11.8)

 Sleep disturbance score, mean (SD)

55.4 (7.2)e

52.4 (6.7)

 Social roles and activities score, mean (SD)

40.7 (5.9)e

43.8 (11.5)

 Pain interference score, mean (SD)

58.5 (7.0)e

61.8 (7.8)

 Single item for pain intensity, mean (SD)

4.8 (2.2)e

4.9 (2.6)

  1. aDisease characteristics were recorded at time of enrolment in the SPIN Cohort
  2. Due to missing data: bN = 20, cN = 11, dN = 24, eN = 25
  3. N, number; PROMIS, 29-item Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; SEMCD, Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease Scale; SD, standard deviation