Table 8.
Respondent experiences with current OAK treatments
| Treatment | Treatments used (according to OAK severity)#
|
Effectiveness of treatment#
|
Satisfaction with treatment#
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mild (%) | Moderate (%) | Severe (%) | All patients (%) | Too soon to tell (%) | Not effective (%) | Moderately effective (%) | Very effective (%) | Not satisfied (%) | Moderately satisfied (%) | Very satisfied (%) | |
| All treatments | 6.6 | 12.5 | 27.9 | 53.0 | 12.4 | 37.2 | 50.4 | ||||
| Exercise | 70.7 | 70.5 | 65.6 | 69.7 | 4.0 | 13.9 | 35.8 | 46.3 | 12.8 | 37.4 | 49.8 |
| Physical therapy | 61.3 | 72.6 | 71.1 | 68.2 | 4.8 | 11.2 | 24.6 | 59.4 | 12.9 | 38.4 | 48.7 |
| Acupuncture | 21.9 | 28.1 | 26.9 | 25.6 | 8.1 | 18.8 | 26.2 | 46.9 | 11.7 | 38.0 | 50.3 |
| Magnetic pulse therapy | 20.7 | 28.5 | 25.3 | 25.0 | 9.1 | 17.9 | 28.7 | 44.3 | 12.7 | 39.9 | 47.4 |
| Topical creams, liniments, patches | 60.1 | 66.4 | 63.3 | 63.5 | 2.3 | 17.7 | 39.8 | 40.2 | 12.2 | 39.7 | 48.1 |
| Glucosamine, chondroitin sulfate | 29.1 | 31.5 | 38.3 | 31.8 | 9.9 | 20.6 | 31.3 | 38.2 | 13.2 | 36.6 | 50.2 |
| Oral pain medication available without a prescription | 72.9 | 77.2 | 67.2 | 73.9 | 3.5 | 12.7 | 36.7 | 47.1 | 13.1 | 38.2 | 48.7 |
| COX-2 inhibitors (oral medications that require a prescription) | 22.6 | 34.0 | 40.6 | 31.0 | 15.7 | 5.1 | 18.7 | 60.4 | 11.7 | 35.5 | 52.8 |
| Narcotics (oral medications that require a prescription) | 26.8 | 42.0 | 53.9 | 38.5 | 7.1 | 5.1 | 19.9 | 67.8 | 12.5 | 38.2 | 49.3 |
| Steroid injection | 22.4 | 39.5 | 48.6 | 34.8 | 10.4 | 5.7 | 16.4 | 67.6 | 10.3 | 36.6 | 53.1 |
| Viscosupplement (hyaluronic acid) injection | 17.5 | 29.6 | 29.4 | 25.1 | 8.8 | 6.7* | 10.4 | 74.1* | 8.6* | 25.3 | 66.0* |
| Arthroscopic knee surgery | 18.2 | 21.3 | 26.7 | 21.1 | 10.8 | 12.1 | 17.2 | 60.0 | 14.7 | 35.2 | 50.1 |
| Other treatment | 10.3 | 11.5 | 12.8 | 11.3 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 15.8 | 66.3 | 15.0 | 36.8 | 48.3 |
Notes: The percentage of patients who received OAK treatments, both current and recent, is given in relation to OAK severity. The effectiveness of the current treatments and respondent satisfaction were measured on a scale of 1–7 (where 1 was “not at all effective/satisfied” and 7 was “extremely effective/satisfied”) and expressed as a percentage of patients with each opinion.
#
Wilcoxon rank sum test, all groups P<0.0001.
*
Chi-square P<0.0001 (viscosupplement compared with all treatments).
Abbreviations: COX-2, cyclooxygenase-2; OAK, osteoarthritis of the knee.