Table 2.
Baseline characteristics overall and by each cohort (values represent mean (SD) unless otherwise indicated)
| Variable | All participants, n=570 | Physio, n=210 | Hip, n=150 |
Knee, n=150 |
Shoulder, n=60 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographic variables | |||||
| Age (years) | 56.99 (16.54) | 53.53 (15.45) | 55.62 (17.21) | 65.68 (13.80) | 51.54 (17.15) |
| Sex, n (%) female | 313 (65.19) | 112 (53.59) | 88 (60.69) | 89 (62.24) | 24 (40.00) |
| Employment status, n (%) yes working | 263 (48.88) | 126 (60.29) | 64 (45.07) | 40 (30.53) | 33 (58.93) |
| Taken time off work for pain, n (%) | 56 (21.29) | 27 (21.42) | 15 (23.43) | 8 (20.00) | 6 (18.18) |
| Pain duration (months) | 6.58 (4.42) | 4.84 (2.95) | 8.41 (5.76) | 8.16 (4.69) | 9.13 (4.13) |
| No. of pain-related visits to GP, past 3 months | 1.39 (1.45) | 1.53 (0.93) | 1.47 (2.05) | 1.37 (1.45) | 0.73 (0.99) |
| Outcome expectations (NRS) | 9.25 (1.63) | 8.38 (1.77) | 9.82 (1.18) | 9.79 (1.27) | 9.67 (1.56) |
| Clinical variables | |||||
| MSK-HQ total score | 28.62 (9.61) | 30.54 (9.56) | 24.93 (8.27) | 27.54 (9.03) | 33.48 (10.54) |
| EQ-5D-5L utility score | 0.49 (0.26) | 0.55 (0.25) | 0.40 (0.24) | 0.45 (0.26) | 0.56 (0.25) |
| Keele MSK-PROM | 17.44 (4.45) | ||||
| OHS | 20.4 (8.62) | ||||
| OKS | 20.89 (8.84) | ||||
| OSS | 29.62 (10.34) | ||||
Missing data for MSK-HQ score: all participants, n=33 (5.8%); Physio cohort, n=5 (2.4%); Hip cohort, n=4 (2.7%); Knee cohort, n=22 (14.7%); Shoulder cohort, n=2 (3.3%).
EQ-5D-5L, EuroQol 5 level; MSK-HQ, Musculoskeletal Health Questionnaire; NRS, numerical rating scale; OHS, Oxford Hip Score; OKS, Oxford Knee Score; OSS, Oxford Shoulder Score.