Table 3 |
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Characteristics of participants enrolled in an OAK programa |
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Characteristics |
Control |
OAK |
P value |
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Mean age (SD), years |
65 (8.7) |
65 (7.9) |
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Gender (M:F) |
23:52 |
14:57 |
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Socioeconomic index by post code [27] in quintiles, n (%) |
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Top 25% |
43 (57) |
46 (65) |
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50% to 75% |
10 (13) |
9 (13) |
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25% to 50% |
6 (8) |
8 (11) |
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10% to 25% |
11 (15) |
6 (8) |
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Bottom 10% |
5 (7) |
2 (3) |
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Coexisting disease, n (%)a |
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Total number |
156 |
156 |
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Cardiovascular |
48 (64) |
56 (79) |
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Gastrointestinal |
17 (22) |
21 (29) |
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Musculoskeletal (other than knee OA) |
32 (43) |
12 (17) |
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Mental health |
6 (8) |
7 (10) |
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Endocrine |
18 (24) |
13 (18) |
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Osteoporosis |
8 (11) |
8 (11) |
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Other |
27 (36) |
39 (55) |
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None |
9 people (12%) |
6 people (8.5%) |
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Multiple coexisting diseases |
49 people (65%) |
43 people (60%) |
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Mean (SD) incidence per person |
2.39 (1.4) |
2.43 (1.65) |
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SF-36b |
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Physical function |
43.98 (21.2) |
50.41 (22.2) |
0.078 |
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Role physical |
28.38 (36.6) |
40.00 (39.7) |
0.070 |
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Body pain |
42.00 (19.1) |
49.73 (19.0) |
0.016 |
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General health |
64.81 (17.2) |
65.05 (18.4) |
0.936 |
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Vitality |
52.70 (21.0) |
55.86 (16.4) |
0.321 |
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Social function |
69.43 (26.1) |
75.54 (22.1) |
0.133 |
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Role emotional |
57.66 (43.1) |
66.19 (42.6) |
0.235 |
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Mental health |
74.92 (15.1) |
75.94 (14.8) |
0.683 |
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WOMAC pain |
8.00 (3.6) |
6.53 (3.7) |
0.020 |
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aOA: osteoarthritis; OAK: Osteoarthritis of the Knee Self-Management Program; SF-36: Short Form 36 version 1 questionnaire; WOMAC: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index. bPercentage adds to > 100% because some participants had more than one coexisting disease. cUnadjusted baseline values, mean (SD) control and OAK groups. |
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Coleman et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2012 14:R21 doi:10.1186/ar3703 |
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