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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2016 Mar 30;46(1):27–33. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2016.03.012

Table 5.

Change in willingness to consider TKR surgery over two years

N Unadjusted Model Adjusted Model*
Estimated change over time (95% CI) P-value Estimated change over time (95% CI) P-value
Race
 African-American 281 −0.39 (−0.53, −0.24) −0.41 (−0.56, −0.25)
 White 455 −0.43 (−0.54, −0.32) −0.43 (−0.55, −0.31)
 Interaction (time*race) 0.643 0.797
Sex
 Male 262 −0.45 (−0.60, −0.29) −0.45 (−0.61, −0.28)
 Female 474 −0.40 (−0.51, −0.29) −0.41 (−0.53, −0.29)
 Interaction (time*sex) 0.613 0.702
Marital Status
 Single 455 −0.43 (−0.54, −0.31) −0.42 (−0.54, −0.30)
 Married 281 −0.40 (−0.54, −0.26) −0.43 (−0.58, −0.28)
 Interaction (time*marital status) 0.714 0.918
MOS-Social Support
 ≤ median 388 −0.38 (−0.51, −0.26) −0.39 (−0.53, −0.26)
 > median 348 −0.45 (−0.57, −0.32) −0.45 (−0.58, −0.32)
 Interaction (time*social support) 0.466 0.565
Δ WOMAC-pain
 ≤ median 334 −0.37 (−0.50, −0.25) −0.43 (−0.56, −0.30)
 > median 288 −0.44 (−0.57, −0.30) −0.42 (−0.56, −0.28)
 Interaction (time*Δ pain) 0.481 0.908
Δ WOMAC-disability
 ≤ median 319 −0.47 (−0.60, −0.35) −0.51 (−0.64, −0.37)
 > median 303 −0.33 (−0.46, −0.20) −0.34 (−0.47, −0.20)
 Interaction (time*Δ disability) 0.124 0.076
Seen by orthopedic surgeon
 No 413 −0.50 (−0.61, −0.38) −0.51 (−0.63, −0.38)
 Yes 283 −0.30 (−0.44, −0.16) −0.32 (−0.46, −0.17)
Interaction (time*ortho surgeon) 0.034 0.051
*

Adjusted for age, sex, race, education level, recruitment site, income, health insurance, MOS-Social Support, Δ WOMAC pain score and Δ WOMAC difficulty score

Change on Likert scale measure

MOS=Medical Outcomes Study; WOMAC=Western Ontario McMaster Instrument