Table 1 Characteristics of patients with axial spondyloarthritis participating in focus groups
Overall (n = 26) | |
|---|---|
mean (standard deviation) | |
Age in years | 53.5 (15.1) |
Age at first symptom | 22.8 (10.1) |
Age first told doctor | 24.4 (10.7) |
Age at diagnosis | 34.8 (12.7) |
Time from first symptom to first tell doctor | 1.7 (2.7) |
Time from first told doctor to diagnosis | 10.4 (9.1) |
Time from first symptom to diagnosis | 12.0 (9.5) |
percentage | |
Women | 38.5 |
Race/ethnicity | |
White | 76.9 |
Black | 7.7 |
Hispanic | 3.9 |
Other | 11.5 |
Education | |
High School or less | 0 |
Some college | 38.5 |
College graduate | 30.8 |
Graduate degree | 30.8 |
Medications | |
NSAIDS | 46.2 |
Corticosteroids | 0 |
TNF-alpha inhibitors | 42.3 |
IL-17 inhibitors | 3.9 |
IL 12/23 Inhibitors | 19.2 |
Opioids | 7.7 |
DMARDS | 0 |