Table 1: Patient characteristics.

Patient Group
All Patients Office Clinic Organization
Number of Patients 261 88 90 83
Mean Age (Range) [Years] 56.5 (16 - 82) 55.8 (16 - 77) 54.2 (19 - 81) 59.8 (22 - 82)
Female/Male [n (%)] 192/69 (73.6/26.4) 52/36 (59.1/40.9) 66/24 (73.3/26.7) 74/9 (89.2/10.8)
Mean Disease Duration (Range) [Years] 11.9 (0.5 - 60) 5.8 (0.5 - 30) 13.3 (1 - 47) 16.9 (1 - 60)
Rheumatic Disease# Inflammatory Disease [n (%)] 192 (73.6) 70 (79.5) 82 (91.1) 40 (48.2)
Degenerative Disease [n (%)] 76 (29.1) 17 (19.3) 19 (21.1) 40 (48.2)
Metabolic Arthropathy [n (%)] 33 (12.6) 2 (2.3) 8 (8.9) 23 (27.7)
Chronic Pain Syndrome [n (%)] 88 (33.7) 13 (14.8) 24 (26.7) 51 (61.4)
Education Secondary General School (grade 5 - 9) [n (%)] 106 (40.6) 33 (37.5) 39 (43.3) 34 (41)
Intermediate Secondary School (grade 5 - 10) [n (%)] 111 (42.5) 30 (34.1) 41 (45.6) 40 (48.2)
Secondary School with University-Entrance Diploma (grade 5 - 13) but without University Degree [n (%)] 19 (7.3) 10 (11.4) 3 (3.3) 6 (7.2)
University Degree [n (%)] 24 (9.2) 14 (15.9) 7 (7.8) 3 (3.6)
No Answer Provided 1 (0.4) 1 (1.1) 0 0
Previous Participation in a Clinical Study n (%) 53 (20.3) 10 (11.4) 31 (34.4) 12 (14.5)

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