Aspects of exercise with person-centred guidance influencing the transition to independent exercise: a qualitative interview study among older adults with rheumatoid arthritis

Table 1 Participant characteristics

Identification for interview	Age	Gender	Disease duration	DAS 28	Co-habiting with an adult	Attendance rate
A	75	Female	14	1.2	no	83%
B	68	Female	8	2.75	yes	83%
C	70	Female	14	3.3	yes	63%
D	76	Female	19	3.48	no	58%
E	75	Male	23	3.56	yes	77%
F	71	Female	18	2.78	yes	88%
G	71	Male	4	3.81	no	65%
H	75	Female	14	3.13	yes	91%
I	71	Female	13	2.36	yes	92%
J	69	Female	≈45	0.76	yes	70%
K	67	Male	4	0.76	yes	75%
L	69	Female	5	1.94	no	82%
M	67	Male	9	2.26	yes	95%
N	68	Female	20	1.74	no	90%
O	68	Male	3	0.49	yes	75%
P	70	Female	10	3.25	yes	65%
Mean/proportion	70.6	11/16	14	2.35	11/16	78%

Age and disease duration expressed in years at the time of interview
DAS28: Disease Activity Score 28, from the time of entering the exercise study. Moderate disease activity > 3.2 > low disease activity. In remission < 2.6
Proportions are presented as women/total and “co-habiting with an adult”/total

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