One hundred patients with functional limitations due to osteoarthritis/
rheumatoid arthritis in the hands or fingers tried to open
a total of 199 meat packages (Table 1). One patient opened only the
Type B packaging, because of delivery issues with the Type A
package. Patients were able to open 96% of the Type B packages and
81% of the Type A. Seventy-nine per cent preferred the Type B
packaging, 12% the Type A, and 9% had no firm opinion (Table 2).