Table 1.

Characteristics of 230 participants.

Patient CharacteristicsValues
Age, yrs57 (44–66)
Female149 (65)
≤ High school education164 (71)
Medicaid161 (70)
Married/live with a partner163 (71)
Born outside the US220 (96)
Speak English51 (22)
Marin and Marin acculturation score15 (14–22)
Rheumatologic diagnosis
  Rheumatoid arthritis95 (41)
  Systemic lupus erythematosus40 (17)
  Spondyloarthropathies34 (15)
  Sjögren syndrome27 (12)
  Gout/pseudogout13 (6)
  Other*21 (9)
Rheumatic medications
  Disease-modifying agents191 (83)
  Biologics60 (26)
  Steroids62 (27)
Charlson Comorbidity Index1 (1–1)
  • Values are n (%) or median (Q1–Q3).

  • * Other diagnoses included myositis (n = 5), systemic sclerosis (n = 3), undifferentiated connective tissue disease (n = 3), inflammatory osteoarthritis (n = 2), palindromic rheumatism (n = 2), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (n = 2), polymyalgia rheumatica (n = 1), relapsing polychondritis (n = 1), iritis (n = 1), panniculitis (n = 1).