Table 3.
Registered participant demographics (phase 2).
| Participant ID | Gender | Age | Osteoarthritis diagnosis | Impact of joint symptomsa | Health literacyb | Self-efficacy, mean (SD)c |
| P15 | Female | 54 | No | Slightly | Quite a bit | 7.7 (1.2) |
| P16 | Female | 66 | No | Slightly | Extremelyc | 8.0 (1.1) |
| P17 | Male | 68 | Yes, physiotherapist | Moderately | Extremely | 5.8 (1.9) |
| P18 | Female | 68 | Yes, general practitioner | Severely | Quite a bit | 3.3 (0.5) |
| P19 | Female | 68 | No | Moderately | Extremely | 5.3 (0.8) |
| P20 | Female | 52 | Yes, doctor at surgery, scans, etc | Severely | Somewhat | 2.8 (1.2) |
aFull question: How much have your joint or muscle symptoms interfered with your work or daily routine in the last 2 weeks (including work and jobs around the house)? [44].
bResponses to health literacy question—extremely (likely high health literacy) to not at all (likely low health literacy).
cSelf-efficacy measure [43] includes 6 items, scored from 1 (not at all confident) to 10 (totally confident).