Characteristic | |
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Age, yrs, mean (SD) | 67.1 (11.1) |
Sex (%) | |
Women | 816 (60.5) |
Men | 511 (37.9) |
Data missing | 22 (1.6) |
Education (%) | |
University degree | 122 (9.0) |
Trade/vocational certificate | 271 (20.1) |
High school diploma | 601 (44.6) |
< High school | 329 (24.4) |
Data missing | 26 (1.9) |
Employment status (%) | |
Employed | 435 (32.2) |
Unemployed for nonmedical reasons | 630 (46.7) |
Retired for medical reasons | 257 (19.1) |
Data missing | 27 (2.0) |
OA site | |
Knee OA | 700 (51.9) |
Hip OA | 261 (19.3) |
Both | 388 (28.8) |
Time since diagnosis, yrs | |
< 1 | 36 (2.7) |
1–5 | 381 (28.2) |
6–10 | 397 (29.4) |
11+ | 524 (38.8) |
Data missing | 11 (0.8) |
No. comorbidities, median (IQR) | 1.0 (1.0, 3.0) |
WOMAC (0–96), median; mean (SD) | 32.0; 32.9 (19.4) |
SF-8 physical scale, median; mean (SD) | 39.9; 39.9 (9.7) |
SF-8 mental scale, median; mean (SD) | 51.4; 49.2 (10.1) |
General health (%) | |
Excellent | 70 (5.2) |
Very good | 194 (14.4) |
Good | 519 (38.5) |
Fair | 403 (29.9) |
Poor | 101 (7.5) |
Very poor | 20 (1.5) |
Data missing | 42 (3.1) |
No. people eligible for (%) | |
0 quality indicator | 45 (3.3) |
1 quality indicator | 511 (37.9) |
2 quality indicators | 556 (41.2) |
3 quality indicators | 199 (14.8) |
4 quality indicators | 38 (2.8) |
OA: osteoarthritis; IQR: interquartile range; WOMAC: Western Ontario and McMaster Universities OA Index; SF-8: Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-8 (questionnaire).