Effect of family caregiver nursing education on patients with rheumatoid arthritis and its impact factors: A randomized controlled trial

Table 4 Indicators of the intervention group grouped by patient’s age (mean ± SD)

Indicators	Middle-aged people, n = 42				Elderly people, n = 38
	Baseline	1st mo	3rd mo	6th mo	Baseline	1st mo	3rd mo	6th mo
CDAI	14.48 ± 4.04	14.53 ± 4.02	10.07 ± 2.32	4.79 ± 1.85	26.03 ± 4.84	26.05 ± 4.76	18.13 ± 1.02	4.21 ± 2.00
SDAI	32.88 ± 6.19	30.14 ± 5.57	21.65 ± 4.00	7.44 ± 2.11	43.04 ± 7.89	40.49 ± 6.94	28.13 ± 6.03	6.32 ± 2.76
DAS28	4.09 ± 0.75	3.85 ± 0.72	3.64 ± 0.79	3.49 ± 1.03	5.88 ± 1.08	5.34 ± 0.58	4.44 ± 0.52	3.30 ± 0.96
HAQ	1.34 ± 0.63	1.12 ± 0.60	1.24 ± 0.66	0.33 ± 0.20	1.45 ± 0.65	0.95 ± 0.58	0.99 ± 0.62	0.39 ± 0.29
SDS	60.90 ± 3.31	48.00 ± 6.54	38.50 ± 5.57	30.45 ± 8.91	53.34 ± 2.35	45.05 ± 4.07	36.66 ± 4.49	33.32 ± 10.66
SAS	60.90 ± 4.81	55.38 ± 5.12	45.55 ± 3.60	29.71 ± 6.90	47.26 ± 4.73	43.66 ± 4.21	35.13 ± 3.52	33.92 ± 10.22

CDAI: Clinical disease activity index; SDAI: Simplified disease activity index; DAS28: Disease activity score with 28-joint count; HAQ: Health assessment questionnaire; SDS: Self-rating depression scale; SAS: Self-rating anxiety scale.