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. 2021 Mar 18;10(3):203–217. doi: 10.1302/2046-3758.103.BJR-2020-0268.R1

Table III.

Quantitative summarizing measurement properties for eligible instruments.

Instruments Subscales Pooled Cronbach’s α
Mean (Range)
Pooled ICC
Mean (95% CI)
Pooled Pearson correlation coefficient
Mean (95% CI)*
Bodily pain Physical function Role emotional Mental health PCS MCS
FJS 0.94 (0.81, 0.97) 0.93 (0.92, 0.94)
ICOAP Constant pain 0.90 (0.76, 0.97) 0.76 (0.71, 0.81)
Intermittent pain 0.88 (0.81, 0.93) 0.73 (0.67, 0.78)
KOOS Pain 0.88 (0.65, 0.92) 0.88 (0.86, 0.90) 0.63 (0.63, 0.64) 0.49 (0.49, 0.49) 0.17 (0.16, 0.18) 0.27 (0.27, 0.28)
Function, daily living 0.94 (0.80, 0.96) 0.85 (0.82, 0.88) 0.62 (0.61, 0.62) 0.60 (0.60, 0.60) 0.29 (0.28, 0.30) 0.32 (0.32, 0.32)
Function, sports and recreational activities 0.88 (0.60, 0.98) 0.74 (0.70, 0.78) 0.38 (0.37, 0.38) 0.43 (0.43, 0.44) 0.12 (0.10, 0.13) 0.16 (0.16, 0.16)
Quality of life 0.82 (0.71, 0.92) 0.81 (0.78, 0.84) 0.53 (0.53, 0.54) 0.48 (0.47, 0.48) 0.19 (0.19, 0.20) 0.28 (0.28, 0.28)
Symptoms 0.75 (0.56, 0.93) 0.85 (0.83, 0.88) 0.45 (0.45, 0.45) 0.37 (0.37, 0.38) 0.17 (0.17, 0.18) 0.24 (0.24, 0.24)
KOOS-PS 0.87 (0.79, 0.91)
KOOS-12 Pain 0.78 (0.75, 0.84)
Function 0.79 (0.78, 0.82)
Quality of life 0.82 (0.80, 0.84)
Summary score 0.91 (0.90, 0.93)
KSS (2011) Symptoms 0.80 (0.31, 0.96) 0.89 (0.86, 0.91) 0.35 (0.32, 0.39) 0.24 (0.21, 0.26) 0.15 (0.13, 0.16) 0.17 (0.15, 0.19) 0.36 (0.34, 0.38) 0.19 (0.18, 0.20)
Patient satisfaction 0.88 (0.79, 0.95) 0.88 (0.85, 0.90) 0.49 (0.47, 0.51) 0.32 (0.30, 0.33) 0.24 (0.22, 0.25) 0.29 (0.27, 0.30) 0.33 (0.31, 0.36) 0.30 (0.29, 0.30)
Patient expectations 0.88 (0.73, 1.00) 0.85 (0.82, 0.87) 0.08 (0.06, 0.11) 0.13 (0.11, 0.16) 0.12 (0.12, 0.13) 0.10 (0.08, 0.11) 0.05 (0.03, 0.08) 0.10 (0.09, 0.11)
Walking and standing 0.80 (0.68, 0.96) 0.84 (0.80, 0.87)
Standard activities 0.88 (0.83, 0.94) 0.86 (0.82, 0.89)
Advanced activities 0.84 (0.73, 0.93) 0.84 (0.80, 0.87)
Discretionary knee activities 0.79 (0.51, 0.94) 0.78 (0.72, 0.82)
Functional activities 0.90 (0.80, 0.93) 0.92 (0.91, 0.94) 0.47 (0.46, 0.49) 0.52 (0.50, 0.54) 0.28 (0.26, 0.29) 0.32 (0.30, 0.33) 0.57 (0.56, 0.59) 0.24 (0.22, 0.25)
OKS 0.92 (0.66, 0.94) 0.93 (0.92, 0.94) 0.62 (0.61, 0.63) 0.66 (0.66, 0.67) 0.32 (0.31, 0.33) 0.32 (0.31, 0.32) 0.65 (0.64, 0.66) 0.46 (0.45, 0.48)
WOMAC Function 0.94 (0.82, 0.98) 0.91 (0.89, 0.93) -0.56 (-0.56, –0.55) -0.57 (-0.57, –0.57) -0.30 (-0.31, –0.30) -0.26 (-0.27, –0.26)
Pain 0.83 (0.67, 0.91) 0.88 (0.86, 0.91) -0.57 (-0.57, –0.56) -0.47 (-0.48, –0.47) -0.29 (-0.30, –0.29) -0.28 (-0.28, –0.27)
Stiffness 0.84 (0.70, 0.91) 0.87 (0.84, 0.90) -0.47 (-0.47, –0.47) -0.36 (-0.37, –0.36) -0.28 (-0.28, –0.27) -0.19 (-0.19, –0.19)
*

Pearson coefficients with 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey questionnaire.

KSS (2011), 2011 Knee Society Scoring System; CI, confidence interval; FJS, Forgotten Joint Score; ICOAP, Intermittent and Constant Osteoarthritis Pain; KOOS, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score; KOOS-12, 12-item short forms Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome; KOOS-PS, Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Physical function Short form; MCS, Mental compartment summary score; OKS, Oxford Knee Score; PCS, Physical compartment summary score; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index.