Factors that affect the assessment of the quality of life of rheumatoid arthritis patients depending on the prevalence of frailty syndrome

Table 2 Quality of life assessment for the whole group and the assessment depending on the prevalence of frailty syndrome

Analyzed parameters	Whole group			Robust (69)			Frail (38)			p
Analyzed parameters	median	1st quartile	3rd quartile	median	1st quartile	3rd quartile	median	1st quartile	3rd quartile	p
NHP-EL	76	37	100	76	39	100	61	24	100	0.17^b
NHP-P	66	43	87	64	44	85	66	41	89	0.73^a
NHP-ER	86	61	100	86	67	100	78	54	90	0.16^b
NHP-S	78	40	100	87	50	100	50	35	84	0.008^b
NHP-SI	100	78	100	100	78	100	100	80	100	0.79^b
NHP-PA	67	46	87	67	46	78	69	54	87	0.61^a
NHP (n [%])
Paid employment	33 (31.13%)			21 (30.43%)			12 (32.43%)			0.99
Housework	64 (60.38%)			38 (55.07%)			26 (70.27%)			0.68
Social life	24 (22.64%)			14 (20.29%)			10 (27.03%)			0.96
Family life	19 (17.92%)			8 (11.59%)			11 (29.73%)			0.25
Sex life	27 (25.47%)			14 (20.29%)			13 (35.14%)			0.59
Hobbies	50 (47.17%)			31 (44.93%)			19 (51.35%)			0.98
Holidays	49 (46.23%)			32 (46.38%)			17 (45.95%)			1

Abbreviations: EL energy level, ER emotional reaction, NHP Nottingham Health Profile, P pain, P statistical significance of the differences, PA physical abilities, S sleep, SI social isolation
^aT-Student test
^bMann-Whitney U-test

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