Table 2 Associated psychological symptoms and quality of life in patients with RA and Control Subjects

QOL (Physical)

63.6 (16.3)

43.23 (14.4)

53.5 (18.4)

9.38

<0.001

QOL (Psychological)

57.3 (16.2)

50.8 (12.9)

54.0 (15.0)

3.17

0.002

QOL (Social)

78.7 (32.0)

54.6 (18.2)

66.6 (28.6)

6.54

<0.001

QOL (Environmental)

51.3 (15.5)

45.5 (14.2)

48.4 (15.1)

2.80

0.006

QOL (Total)

59.8 (14.0)

47.3 (11.8)

53.6 (14.4)

6.86

<0.001

MWU

SCL (Interpersonal Sensitivity)

12.1 (6.5)

2-30

13.4 (8.2)

1-36

12.8 (7.4)

1-36

-0.93

0.352

SCL (Depression)

17.3 (8.7)

4-47

20.5 (10.7)

2-51

18.9 (9.9)

2-51

-2.15

0.032

SCL (Anxiety)

12.0 (6.9)

2-27

14.5 (8.3)

2-39

13.3 (7.7)

2-39

-2.06

0.039

SCL (Hostility)

6.3 (3.9)

0-18

7.4 (5.7)

0-24

6.9 (4.9)

0-24

-0.55

0.582

SCL (Phobic)

5.9 (4.8)

0-19

9.0 (6.6)

0-28

7.4 (6.0)

0-28

-3.42

0.001

SCL (Paranoid)

6.0 (4.1)

0-20

8.4 (5.7)

1-24

7.2 (5.1)

0-24

-3.89

0.004

SCL (Psychotic)

6.9 (6.2)

0-29

11.1 (9.4)

2-40

9.0 (8.2)

0-40

-2.09

0.002

t-test

SCL (Somatization)

16.7 (8.3)

23.7 (8.7)

20.2 (9.2)

-5.78

<0.001

SCL (OC)

14.3 (5.8)

18.3 (7.7)

16.3 (7.1)

-4.17

<0.001

Total

107.8 (51.6)

138.0 (67.5)

122.9 (60.5)

-3.45

0.001

GSI

1.2 (0.6)

1.5 (0.7)

1.4 (0.7)

-3.45

0.001

PST

56.3 (18.6)

66.6 (19.9)

61.5 (19.9)

-3.78

<0.001

PSD

1.8 (0.4)

2.0 (0.6)

1.9 (0.5)

-1.79

0.075