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. 2023 Aug 15;5(4):100398. doi: 10.1016/j.ocarto.2023.100398
Private (61.5%, n ​= ​599)
Publicly funded by Alberta Health Servicesa (27.6%, n ​= ​269)
Publicly funded by a Primary Care Networkb (11.6%, n ​= ​106)
P-value
Characteristics Percent (95% Confidence Interval)
Affected Joint 0.12
 Hip 28.4
(24.9–32.1)
35.3
(29.8–41.2)
31.1
(23.0–40.6)
 Knee 71.6
(67.9–75.1)
64.7
(58.8–70.2)
68.9
(59.4–77.0)
Sex 0.51
 Female 76.1
(72.5–79.3)
78.8
(73.5–83.3)
73.6
(64.3–81.1)
 Male 23.9
(20.7–27.5)
21.2
(16.7–26.5)
26.4
(18.9–35.7)
Marital Status 0.48
 Married, common-law 77.3
(73.8–80.5)
74.6
(69.1–79.5)
72.6
(63.3–80.3)
 Single, separated, divorced, widowed 22.7
(19.5–26.2)
25.4
(20.5–30.9)
27.4
(19.7–36.7)
Education <0.001
 High school diploma or less 15.7
(12.9–19.0)
27.1
(21.9–32.9)
28.7
(20.7–38.3)
 College or trade school 30.3
(26.6–34.2)
42.6
(36.6–48.9)
30.7
(22.4–40.4)
 University degree 54.1
(49.9–58.2)
30.3
(24.9–36.3)
40.6
(31.4–50.5)
Employment Status <0.001
 Not currently working 67.4
(63.4–71.1)
71.0
(65.1–76.2)
88.2
(80.4–93.2)
 Currently working 32.6
(28.9–36.6)
29.0
(23.8–34.9)
11.8
(6.8–19.6)
Characteristics Mean (Standard Deviation)
Age, years 64.3
(7.6)
66.4
(8.8)
66.6
(9.3)
<0.001
BMI 30.5
(6.4)
31.5
(6.8)
33.7
(8.3)
<0.001
Baseline Outcomes Mean (Standard Deviation)
HOOS/KOOS
 Pain 53.4 (15.5) 54.3 (15.8) 51.8 (14.4) 0.41
 Quality of life 36.3 (17.8) 38.7 (19.1) 38.9 (19.5) 0.13
Health-related quality-of-life, EQ-5D-5L 0.7
(0.2)
0.7
(0.2)
0.7
(0.2)
0.11
30 ​s chair stand, (count) 13.3
(6.2)
11.3
(5.7)
12.1
(5.2)
0.004
40 ​m walk test (sec) 33.9
(17.6)
35.8
(21.4)
30.9
(11.2)
0.25

a Publicly funded at outpatient physiotherapy.

b Publicly funded at community-based primary care centres.