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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 19.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Intern Med. 2017 Jan 17;166(6):401–411. doi: 10.7326/M16-1245

Table 2.

Baseline Participant Characteristics*

Characteristic Total
Sample
(n = 537)
Usual
Care
(n = 129)
Patient
Intervention
(n = 128)
Provider
Intervention
(n = 140)
Patient-Provider
Intervention
(n = 140)

Mean age (SD), y 63.3 (9.6) 63.9 (10.2) 63.9 (9.3) 62.6 (9.6) 62.7 (9.3)
Men, n (%)  140 (26.1)   37 (28.7)   35 (27.3)   34 (24.3)   34 (24.3)
Nonwhite race, n (%)  217 (40.4)   49 (38.0)   51 (39.8)   58 (41.4)   59 (42.1)
Married or living with partner, n (%)  316 (58.9)   77 (59.7)   80 (62.5)   85 (60.7)   74 (52.9)
High school education or less, n (%)  127 (23.7)   40 (31.0)   37 (28.9)   25 (17.9)   25 (17.9)
Inadequate income, n (%)    95 (17.7)   29 (22.5)   22 (17.2)   22 (15.7)   22 (15.7)
Employed or student, n (%)  281 (53.0)   69 (53.9)   67 (54.0)   69 (49.3)   76 (55.1)
Disabled, n (%)    43 (8.1)   15 (11.7)   12 (9.7)     9 (6.4)     7 (5.1)
Fair or poor health, n (%)  107 (19.9)   27 (20.9)   29 (22.7)   26 (18.6)   25 (17.9)
Mean BMI (SD), kg/m2 35.6 (7.4) 35.5 (8.1) 34.9 (6.9) 36.4 (7.8) 35.3 (6.6)
Joints with osteoarthritis, n (%)
 Knee only  455 (84.7)   110 (85.3)   106 (82.8)   120 (85.7)   119 (85.0)
 Hip only    48 (8.9)      12 (9.3)      15 (11.7)       8 (5.7)      13 (9.3)
 Knee and hip    34 (6.3)       7 (5.4)       7 (5.5)     12 (8.6)       8 (5.7)
Mean duration of arthritis symptoms (SD), y 10.4 (9.2)    9.9 (9.7)    9.3 (7.7) 10.4 (8.6) 11.8 (10.5)
Mean WOMAC score (SD)§ 38.6 (17.0) 35.6 (18.0) 41.0 (15.9) 37.7 (17.9) 40.1 (15.8)
Mean SPPB score (SD)||    8.5 (1.9)    8.6 (2.1)    8.3 (1.8)    8.7 (1.8)    8.6 (1.9)
Mean PHQ-8 score (SD)    4.6 (4.3)    4.0 (3.7)    4.8 (4.3)    4.6 (4.2)    5.0 (4.9)

BMI = body mass index; PHQ-8 = 8-item Patient Health Questionnaire; SPPB = Short Physical Performance Battery; WOMAC = Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index.

*

Percentages may not sum to 100 due to rounding.

Data are missing for 7 participants.

Data are missing for 1 participant.

§

Data are missing for 1 participant.

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Data are missing for 15 participants.

Data are missing for 2 participants.