Table 2 Participants’ characteristics
Code | Gender | Age (years) | Country of origin | Spoken languages | Marital Status | Religion | No. of children | No. of households (including children) | Highest Educational level | Employment | VAS (0–10) | Co-morbidities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
A1 | Female | 44 | Pakistan | Urdu | Married | Islam | 3 | 5 | GCSE | Housewife | 5 | Graves’ disease, T2DM, RA, possible psoriasis |
A2 | Female | 41 | Pakistan | Urdu | Married | Islam | 2 | 4 | GCSE | Housewife | 7 | Dermatomyositis, T2DM, previous MI |
A3 | Female | 54 | Pakistan | Urdu/ Punjabi | Married | Islam | 0 | 2 | Primary | Housewife | 10 | RA, GI issues |
A4 | Female | 55 | Pakistan | Urdu | Married | Islam | 1 | 3 | GCSE | Housewife | 7 | MCTD, Raynaud’s phenomenon |
A5 | Female | 49 | Pakistan | Urdu | Married | Islam | 3 | 5 | Primary | Housewife | 10 | CTD/Sjogren’s, chronic pain |
A6 | Female | 49 | Pakistan | Urdu | Married | Islam | 3 | 4 | Postgraduate masters | Unemployed | 8 | skin vasculitis, fibromyalgia |
A7 | Female | 55 | Pakistan | Urdu/ Punjabi | Married | Islam | 1 | 2 | Secondary | Housewife | 10 | inflammatory arthritis, hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, T2DM, hypothyroidism, vitiligo |
A8 | Female | 63 | Pakistan | Urdu | Married | Islam | 4 | 3 | Primary | Housewife | 10 | RA, fibromyalgia, OA |
A9 | Female | 68 | Pakistan | Urdu | Single | Islam | 0 | 4 | GCSE | Unemployed | 10 | RA |
A10 | Male | 66 | Pakistan | Urdu | Divorced | Islam | 0 | 1 | GCSE | Unemployed | 10 | previous diagnosis of mild SLE/MCTD, OA, facial telangiectasia, cataracts, hypertension, asthma |
A11 | Male | 45 | Bangladesh | Urdu/ Bengali | Married | Islam | 4 | 6 | 12th grade | Employed | 6 | RA, bilateral CTS |
A12 | Male | 40 | India | Hindi | Married | Hindu | 2 | 4 | Secondary | Employed | 10 | chronic back pain |