Table 1.

Participant baseline characteristics^*

	Intervention (n = 89)	Usual care (n = 91)	Overall (n = 180)
Recruitment center (Southmead)	62 (70)	64 (70)	126 (70)
Age, mean ± SD years	69 ± 9	69 ± 9	69 ± 9
Female	50 (56)	49 (54)	99 (55)
Married	55 (63)	60 (67)	115 (65)
Living with someone	60 (68)	65 (73)	125 (71)
White	84 (95)	88 (99)	172 (97)
Education beyond high school	31 (35)	22 (25)	53 (30)
Employed	25 (28)	17 (19)	42 (24)
Deprivation quintile 5 (IMD)	24 (28)	29 (33)	53 (30)
Comorbidities, median (IQR)†	2 (0.5–3)	1 (0–2)	1 (0–3)
Medial parapatellar approach‡	81 (91)	81 (89)	162 (90)
Cruciate‐retaining surgery§	53 (60)	50 (56)	103 (58)
LEFS score, mean ± SD	25 ± 15	29 ± 15	27 ± 15
KOOS total score, mean ± SD	29 ± 15	33 ± 16	31 ± 16
KOOS pain score, mean ± SD	37 ± 21	41 ± 19	39 ± 20
KOOS symptoms score, mean ± SD	39 ± 19	41 ± 20	40 ± 19
KOOS ADL score, mean ± SD	41 ± 20	44 ± 19	42 ± 20
KOOS sport/rec score, median (IQR)	5 (0–20)	10 (0–20)	5 (0–20)
KOOS QoL score, median (IQR)	25 (13–38)	25 (13–38)	25 (13–38)
HADS anxiety score, median (IQR)	7 (4–11)	5 (3–9)	6 (3–10)
HADS depression score, median (IQR)	7 (3–10)	6 (4–9)	6 (4–9)
EQ‐5D‐5L score, median (IQR)	0.6 (0.3–0.8)	0.7 (0.4–0.8)	0.6 (0.3–0.8)

^*Values are the number (%) unless indicated otherwise. IMD = index of multiple deprivation; IQR = interquartile range; LEFS = Lower Extremity Functional Scale; KOOS = Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; ADL = function in daily living subscale of the KOOS; sport/rec = sport and recreation subscale of the KOOS; QoL = quality of life subscale of the KOOS; HADS = Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; EQ‐5D‐5L = EuroQol 5‐domain, 5‐level questionnaire.

^†Excluding arthritis (rheumatoid or osteoarthritis) in the number of comorbidities.

^‡All other surgical approaches were medial subvastus.

^§All other knee replacements were posterior cruciate‐sacrificing designs.