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RCTs evaluating NSAIDs, physical therapy and miscellaneous interventions
Domains and instruments
These results on implementation in RCTs evaluating NSAIDs, physical therapy and miscellaneous interventions are shown in table 4. The domain ‘patient’s global assessment’ showed a low percentage of usage in the ‘implementation group’, and even lower than in the trials of the ‘control group’ (36% vs 51%). ‘Physical function’ and ‘fatigue’ were significantly more frequently used in the trials of the ‘implementation group’ as compared to the ‘control group’: (92% vs 23%; p=<0.001 and 84% vs 17%; p<0.001), respectively, whereas the domain ‘pain’ had a high representation in the trials of both groups (96% vs 89%).
Regarding the instruments, we found that ‘Dougados FI’ and ‘night pain’ had a rather low representation in trials of both groups: (8% vs 9%) and (20% vs 44%) respectively. The representation of ‘BASFI’ (88% vs 14%) and ‘BASMI’ (52% vs 0%), however, improved significantly in ‘implementation trials’, while ‘global pain’ (96% vs 86%) remained at a high level in both groups.
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