Table 1. Baseline pain, physical function, and health-related quality of life scores.

Health Parameters	Median (IQR)
HAQ- Global	0.6 (0.2, 1.0)
HAQ- Pain	0.9 (0.4, 1.2)
HAQ- Disability Index (DI)	0.5 (0.3, 0.8)
SF-36 Bodily Pain (BP)	57.5 (45, 67.5)
SF-36 General Health (GH)	75 (60, 85)
SF-36 Mental Health (MH)	78 (68, 88)
SF-36 Physical Functioning (PF)	60 (45, 80)
SF-36 Role Emotional (RE)	100 (67, 100)
SF-36 Role Physical (RP)	50 (0, 100)
SF-36 Social Functioning (SF)	80 (68, 100)
SF-36 Vitality (V)	60 (50, 70)
SF-36 Mental Component Score (MCS)	76.5 (63.8, 85.3)
SF-36 Physical Component Score (PCS)	62.5 (46.3, 74.4)
WOMAC- Activities of Daily Living (ADL)	610 (368, 823)
WOMAC- Stiffness	86 (28, 124)
WOMAC- Pain	181 (97, 281)

Abbreviations: HAQ= Health Assessment Questionnaire: Global Assessment, Pain, Disability Index; score range 0 (best) to 3 (worst) SF-36= Short Form-36: Bodily Pain, General Health, Mental Health, Physical Functioning, Role Emotional, Role Physical, Social Functioning, Vitality, Mental Component Score, Physical Component Score; score range 0 (worst) to 100 (best). WOMAC= Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index: Activities of Daily Living, score range 0 (best) to 1700 (worst); Stiffness, score range 0 (best) to 200 (worst); Pain, score range 0 (best) to 500 (worst).