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Table 1 Baseline patient characteristics for patients who attended at least one appointment at the Podiatric Rheumatology Clinic (n = 157 patients)

From: An evaluation of podiatry service use for people with inflammatory rheumatic diseases: a review of a rheumatology podiatry clinic in Aotearoa New Zealand

Age group, years, n (%)

< 10

0 (0.0%)

11–20

1 (0.6%)

21–30

5 (3.2%)

31–40

12 (7.6%)

41–50

17 (10.8%)

51–60

29 (18.5%)

61–70

40 (25.5%)

71–80

42 (26.8%)

81–90

11 (7.0%)

90+

0 (0.0%)

Gender, n (%)

Male

36 (22.9%)

Female

121 (77.1%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

New Zealand Māori

5 (3.2%)

Pacific peoples

4 (2.5%)

New Zealand European

116 (73.9%)

Asian

22 (14.0%)

Middle Eastern/Latin American/African

2 (1.3%)

Not reported

8 (5.1%)

Rheumatic diseasea, n (%)

Gout

8 (5.1%)

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis

4 (2.6%)

Other spondylarthritis

8 (5.1%)

Psoriatic arthritis

14 (8.9%)

Rheumatoid arthritis

123 (78.3%)

Scleroderma

2 (1.3%)

Systemic lupus erythematosus

7 (4.5%)

Other

6 (3.8%)

Disease duration, years, mean (SD), range

19.6 (14.6), 0.5–79.0

Referrer, n (%)

Rheumatologist

89 (56.7%)

Self-referred

30 (19.1%)

General practitioner

9 (5.7%)

Other (Physiotherapist, general podiatry clinic)

9 (5.7%)

Unknown

20 (12.7%)

Wait time (days) from referral to podiatry appointmentb, median (range)

57.0 (1–2134)

Total podiatry appointments per patient, mean (SD), range

10 (15.2), 1–71

Total duration of podiatry service provision per patient, days, mean (SD), range

731.3 (1109.8), 1–4319

Average time between appointments per patientc, days, mean (SD), range

122.9 (188.4), 9–1437

  1. a15 patients had 2 rheumatic diseases, and 1 patient had 4 rheumatic diseases
  2. bData available from n = 87 patients; cBased on 110 patients with more than one appointment