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Table 3 Characteristics of the study population

From: Feasibility of an online and a face-to-face version of a self-management program for young adults with a rheumatic disease: experiences of young adults and peer leaders

 

Face to face group (n = 9)

Online group (n = 10)

Age, mean (range)

20,7 (17–25)

22,3 (17–25)

Female sex (n)

7

9

Education (n)

  

  Lower1

-

1

  Middle2

6

7

  High3

3

2

Diseases

  

  JIA4

3

5

  FM5

2

2

  RA6

2

2

  SpA7

1

1

  Immune disease (e.g. MCTD8, SLE9)

1

-

Duration of the disease, years (SD)

6,4 ± 6,2

5 ± 3,7

Treated by pediatrician or rheumatologist (n)

9

10

  1. 1Vocational training, 2Advanced vocational training, 3College/University training, 4Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, 5Fibromyalgia, 6Rheumatoid Arthritis, 7Spondyloathropathy, 8Mixed Connected Tissue Disease, 9Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.
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Pediatric Rheumatology

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