Table 3. Physical activity and health-related quality of life measures across knee status categories.
Non-OA (Pain-/ROA-) (Weighted n = 8,131,884) | Pain only (Pain+/ROA-) (Weighted n = 1,093,947) | ROA only (Pain-/ROA+) (Weighted n = 2,819,587) | Painful ROA (Pain+/ROA+) (Weighted n = 1,641,640) | P value | |
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Activity limitation | < 0.001 | ||||
Yes, % | 11.7 | 28.9 | 13.3 | 36.9 | |
No, % | 88.9 | 71.1 | 86.7 | 63.1 | |
Cause of activity limitation | < 0.001 | ||||
Arthralgia | 0.6 | 9.6 | 1.5 | 22.7 | |
Other | 99.4 | 90.4 | 98.5 | 77.3 | |
Mobility | < 0.001 | ||||
I have no problems walking | 86.1 | 51.4 | 74.1 | 26.3 | |
I have moderate problems walking | 13.4 | 45.5 | 25.4 | 68.7 | |
I am unable to walk | 0.5 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 5.0 | |
Self-care | < 0.001 | ||||
I have no problems washing or dressing myself | 95.1 | 85.1 | 94.6 | 77.4 | |
I have moderate problems washing or dressing myself | 4.7 | 13.6 | 5.2 | 20.6 | |
I am unable to wash or dress myself | 0.2 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 2.0 | |
Usual activities | < 0.001 | ||||
I have no problems doing my usual activities | 91.1 | 66.1 | 98.6 | 53.3 | |
I have moderate problems doing my usual activities | 8.2 | 29.8 | 10.5 | 39.6 | |
I am unable to do my usual activities | 0.7 | 4.1 | 1.9 | 7.1 | |
Pain/discomfort | < 0.001 | ||||
I have no pain or discomfort | 78.2 | 41.9 | 77.4 | 30.9 | |
I have moderate pain or discomfort | 20.1 | 47.2 | 20.3 | 52.1 | |
I have extreme pain or discomfort | 1.7 | 10.9 | 2.3 | 17.0 | |
Anxiety/ depression | < 0.001 | ||||
I am not anxious or depressed | 88.4 | 70.2 | 89.6 | 74.5 | |
I am moderately anxious or depressed | 11.1 | 26.1 | 9.9 | 22.1 | |
I am extremely anxious or depressed | 0.6 | 3.7 | 0.5 | 3.4 | |
EQ-VAS score | 73.72 ± 0.35 | 60.99 ± 1.06 | 72.21 ± 0.56 | 59.70 ± 0.92 | < 0.001 |
EQ-5D index | 0.94 ± 0.00 | 0.82 ± 0.01 | 0.92 ± 0.00 | 0.76 ± 0.01 | < 0.001 |
Overall P-values were provided for the overall effects of clinical characteristics on the OA categories.