Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with hand OA in the rheumatology clinic.
| HOSTAS, n = 538* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hand OA 57% | ∆ | Hand/knee OA 32% | ∆ | |
| Physical component score | 46.5 (8.1) | −3.5 | 42.1 (7.7) | −7.9 |
| General health | 49.2 (6.3) | −0.8 | 46.5 (6.6) | −3.5 |
| Bodily pain | 45.1 (7.7) | −4.9 | 42.6 (6.7) | −7.4 |
| Vitality | 47.5 (8.8) | −2.5 | 46.0 (8.4) | −4.0 |
| Physical functioning | 48.8 (9.2) | −1.2 | 43.3 (9.3) | −6.7 |
| Role functioning, physical | 47.8 (10.2) | −2.2 | 44.5 (10.4) | −5.5 |
| Mental component score | 51.7 (8.8) | 1.7 | 51.2 (8.8) | 1.2 |
| Mental health | 51.0 (8.3) | 1.0 | 49.4 (8.3) | −0.6 |
| Social functioning | 50.1 (9.1) | 0.1 | 47.1 (9.5) | −2.9 |
| Role functioning, emotional | 51.1 (9.5) | 1.1 | 49.6 (10.3) | −0.4 |
Higher SF-36 scores represent a better HRQOL. Results are adjusted for age, sex, BMI, education, and ethnicity. In HOSTAS, the delta (∆) between population scores and norm scores were calculated.
↵* 11% did not fulfill ACR criteria or were missing data. HOSTAS: Hand OSTeoArthritis in Secondary care study; OA: osteoarthritis; SF-36: Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36; BMI: body mass index; ACR: American College of Rheumatology.