This dataset, rheuma_df, is a data frame containing data from patients with acute rheumatoid arthritis. A new agent was compared with an active control, and each patient was evaluated on a five-point assessment scale of improvement.
Usage
data(rheuma_df)Format
A data frame with 10 observations and 3 variables:
- Drug
Factor indicating the treatment group (2 levels: new agent or active control)
- Improvement
Ordered factor indicating improvement on a five-point assessment scale
- n
Integer indicating the number of patients in each category
Details
The dataset name has been kept as 'rheuma_df' to avoid confusion with other datasets in the R ecosystem. This naming convention helps distinguish this dataset as part of the healthmotionR package and assists users in identifying its specific characteristics. The suffix 'df' indicates that the dataset is a data frame. The original content has not been modified in any way.