Percentage of patients reporting difficulty performing PROMIS HAQ domain activities — patients with inadequately vs adequately controlled gout.
| Activities | % Reporting No/Little/Some/Much Difficulty/Unable to do | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Patients with Inadequately Controlled Gout, N = 836 | Patients with Adequately Controlled Gout, N = 368 | p * | |
| Dress yourself including shoelaces and buttons | 62.3/25.3/6.2/5.7/0.5 | 75.7/17.7/3.6/2.5/0.6 | < 0.0001 |
| Shampoo your hair | 75.1/17.5/5.0/1.8/0.6 | 88.1/10.0/1.9/0.0/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Stand up from armless straight chair | 61.0/22.1/7.9/8.4/0.6 | 74.9/18.0/4.1/2.8/0.3 | < 0.0001 |
| Get in/out of bed | 64.5/24.4/9.0/1.7/0.4 | 79.0/14.1/5.5/1.4/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Cut your own food using eating utensils | 81.1/12.7/5.1/0.9/0.2 | 92.5/6.1/1.1/0.3/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Lift a full cup/glass to mouth | 84.7/11.3/2.7/1.2/0.1 | 95.8/2.5/1.4/0.3/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Open a new milk carton | 76.8/14.7/6.5/1.2/0.9 | 85.9/10.5/2.2/1.1/0.3 | 0.0002 |
| Walk outdoors on flat ground | 58.8/16.2/7.3/17.0/0.7 | 80.6/10.3/1.9/7.2/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Climb up 5 steps | 53.3/19.3/9.1/17.2/1.1 | 70.8/18.9/2.8/7.5/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Wash/dry your body | 77.3/16.2/4.8/1.3/0.4 | 90.3/6.4/2.5/0.8/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Take a tub bath | 68.5/20.7/6.6/2.8/1.4 | 80.1/14.0/3.9/1.4/0.6 | < 0.0001 |
| Get on/off toilet | 70.9/16.4/4.9/7.7/0.1 | 83.8/11.7/1.7/2.8/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Reach up and take down a 5-lb object | 61.0/22.5/8.4/6.8/1.2 | 73.9/18.3/4.2/3.4/0.3 | < 0.0001 |
| Bend down to pick up clothing from floor | 55.4/29.5/10.4/4.0/0.7 | 67.5/23.6/7.8/1.1/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Open car doors | 77.0/17.0/4.8/0.6/0.6 | 91.1/7.0/1.4/0.6/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Open previously opened jars | 69.9/21.0/6.7/1.6/0.9 | 80.3/15.5/3.1/0.3/0.8 | 0.0001 |
| Turn faucet on/off | 78.9/15.1/5.0/0.9/0.1 | 89.5/8.9/1.1/0.6/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Run errands and shop | 58.3/18.9/5.1/16.1/1.6 | 77.3/11.9/3.6/6.4/0.8 | < 0.0001 |
| Get in/out of car | 58.7/26.7/11.2/3.2/0.3 | 74.5/21.9/3.3/0.3/0.0 | < 0.0001 |
| Do chores such as vacuuming or yard work | 48.7/28.4/15.6/4.1/3.3 | 64.0/22.9/9.5/2.8/0.8 | < 0.0001 |
| Need cane/crutches/walker/wheelchair or help to get around, % yes | 16.2 | 6.4 | < 0.0001 |
| Need special chair/raised toilet seat or help to stand up from sitting, % yes | 7.2 | 2.5 | 0.001 |
| Need a buttonhook/zipper pull/gadget or help to get dressed, % yes | 4.6 | 2.8 | 0.152 |
| Need a long-handled appliance or help to reach something, % yes | 5.7 | 3.1 | 0.057 |
↵* P value represents the difference between patients with controlled and uncontrolled gout across the 5 groups of difficulty or in the percent responding “yes.” PROMIS: Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System; HAQ: Health Assessment Questionnaire.