Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of e-exercise and usual physiotherapy (PT) patients
| Intervention | e-Exercise | e-Exercise | e-Exercise | Usual PT | Usual PT | Usual PT | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Complete | Incomplete | All | Complete | Incomplete | ||
| Number of respondents | N = 109 | N = 56 | N = 53 | N = 99 | N = 57 | N = 42 | |
| Sex, N (%) | Female | 74 (67.9) | 35 (62.5) | 39 (73.6) | 67 (67.7) | 39 | 28 |
| Male | 35 (32.1) | 21 (37.5) | 14 (26.4) | 32 (32.3) | 18 | 24 | |
| Age (years), mean (SD) | 63.8 (8.5) | 64.0 (3.9) | 63.5 (10.0) | 62.3 (8.9) | 61.9 (8.8) | 62.9 (9.2) | |
| BMI (kg/m2), mean (SD) | 27.8 (4.2) | 27.1 (4.2) | 28.5 (4.2) | 27.9 (4.9) | 27.7 (4.9) | 28.1 (4.8) | |
| Location OA, N (%) | Knee | 71 (65.1) | 37 (66.1) | 34 (64.2) | 67 (67.6) | 38 (66.7) | 29 (69.0) |
| Hip | 21 (19.3) | 15 (26.8) | 6 (11.3) | 17 (17.2) | 11 (19.3) | 6 (14.3) | |
| Both | 17 (15.6) | 4 (7.1) | 13 (24.5) | 15 (15.2) | 8 (14.0) | 7 (16.7) | |
| Duration of symptoms, N (%) | < 1 year | 21 (19.3) | 8 (14.3) | 13 (24.5) | 20 (20.2) | 14 (24.6) | 6 (14.1) |
| 1–5 year | 42 (38.5) | 28 (50.0) | 14 (26.4) | 38 (38.4) | 23 (40.4) | 15 (35.7) | |
| ≥5 year | 46 (42.2) | 20 (35.7) | 26 (49.1) | 41 (41.4) | 20 (35.1) | 21 (50.0) | |
| Education, N (%) | Low | 27 (24.8) | 14 (25.0) | 13 (24.5) | 12 (12.1) | 6 (10.5) | 6 (14.3) |
| Middle | 41 (37.6) | 24 (42.9) | 17 (32.1) | 51 (51.5) | 29 (50.9) | 22 (52.4) | |
| High | 41 (37.6) | 18 (32.1) | 23 (43.4) | 36 (36.4) | 22 (38.6) | 14 (33.3) | |
| Comorbidity, N (%) | 0 | 62 (56.9) | 29 (51.8) | 33 (62.3) | 62 (62.6) | 31 (54.4) | 31 (73.8) |
| 1 | 20 (18.3) | 11 (19.6) | 9 (17.0) | 20 (20.2) | 15 (26.3) | 5 (11.9) | |
| ≥2 | 27 (24.8) | 16 (28.6) | 11 (20.8) | 17 (17.2) | 11 (19.3) | 6 (14.3) | |
| Physical functioning, mean (SD) | 0–100 | 61.3 (18.3) | 64.8 (15.1) | 57.6 (20.7) | 55.5 (21.4) | 55.9 (21.7) | 55.0 (21.2) |
| Physical activity, mean (SD) | Min/day | 25.2 (23.1) | 27.3 (26.0) | 22.6 (18.8) | 22.5 (21.8) | 25.8 (23.7) | 17.1 (17.3) |
| Pain, mean (SD) | 0–10 | 5.1 (2.2) | 4.7 (2.1) | 5.5 (2.3) | 5.7 (2.3) | 5.8 (2.4) | 5.5 (2.1) |
| Utility score, mean (SD) | 0–1 | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.8 (0.1) | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.7 (0.2) |