Table 1.
Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of participants
|
Overall |
Allocated to intervention |
Allocated to standard care |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| n = 88 | n = 43 | n = 45 | |
| Mean age (SD) |
66 (11) |
65 (12) |
67 (10) |
| Female: male (%) |
65:35 |
65:35 |
64:36 |
| Living alone (%) |
19 |
18 |
20 |
| College or university education (%) |
35 |
32 |
39 |
| Retired (%) |
60 |
61 |
59 |
| Mean WOMAC Pain scorea (SD) |
38 (18) |
37 (17) |
38 (20) |
| Mean WOMAC Function scorea (SD) |
37 (18) |
39 (18) |
35 (18) |
| Mean Pain Self-Efficacy scoreb (SD) | 32 (14) | 35 (13) | 30 (14) |
aWOMAC Pain and Function scores range from 0 to 100 (worst to best). bPain Self-Efficacy questionnaire scores range from 0 to 60 (low self-efficacy to high self-efficacy). SD, standard deviation; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.