Table 1 Demographics and characteristics of national MCC calls, DMARD-related versus ROC
| Characteristic | All DMARDs (n = 1547) | cDMARDs (n = 1269) | bDMARDs (n = 278) | ROC (n = 121,709) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender of the caller (%) | ||||
| Female | 82.4† | 83.8† | 74.9‡ | 76.7 |
| Male | 17.6† | 16.2† | 25.1‡ | 23.1 |
| Missing | – | – | – | 0.2 |
| Gender of the patient (%) | ||||
| Female | 78.1† | 80.4† | 65.6†‡ | 68.3 |
| Male | 21.8† | 19.5† | 34.3†‡ | 31.4 |
| Missing | 0.1 | < 0.1 | < 0.1 | 0.3 |
| Age of the patient | 53.63† | 53.62† | 52.74† | 46.82 |
| Mean (± SD) years | (±17.76) | (±17.89) | (±17.44) | (±23.75) |
| Missing (%) | 0.45% | 0.39% | 0.36% | – |
| Relationship of the caller (%) | ||||
| Self | 79.0† | 81.2† | 67.8‡ | 71.3 |
| Partner | 7.2† | 6.5† | 10.9†‡ | 1.7 |
| Child | 5.7† | 5.4† | 7.5†‡ | 2.6 |
| Other family or friend | 5.6† | 4.7† | 10.5‡ | 10.2 |
| Other | 2.5 | 2.5 | 3.3† | 1.9 |
| ARIA relative call frequency | ||||
| Highly accessible | 1.23 | 1.23 | 1.20 | 1.24 |
| Accessible | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.46 |
| Moderately accessible | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| Remote | 0.34 | 0.34 | 0.96†‡ | 0.69 |
| Very remote | 0.44 | 0.59 | 0 | 0.73 |
| Missing (% of calls) | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 |