Table 3.

Changes in outcomes parameters between baseline and 3 months

	MBSR group	Usual care group	P value
VAS (mean (SD))
Pain	− 22.6 (22.3) (n = 20)	− 15.2 (27.2) (n = 16)	0.37
WOMAC (mean (SD))
Pain	− 5.3 (14.6) (n = 16)	− 8.3 (24.0) (n = 12)	0.68
Function	− 1.6 (13.3) (n = 11)	− 4.2 (16.2) (n = 12)	0.68
Stiffness	− 2.6 (23.0) (n = 19)	− 1.7 (14.8) (n = 15)	0.87
Total	− 5.7 (11.5) (n = 9)	− 4.5 (16.6) (n = 10)	0.85
SF-36 scale (mean (SD))
Physical score	1.7 (7.1) (n = 20)	2.5 (8.0) (n = 14)	0.75
Mental score	2.6 (7.9) (n = 20)	1.0 (9.0) (n = 14)	0.59
HAD scale (mean (SD))
Anxiety	− 2.1 (2.4) (n = 20)	− 0.7 (3.8) (n = 15)	0.17
Depression	− 0.8 (2.4) (n = 20)	− 0.7 (2.8) (n = 15)	0.92
OMERACT-OARSI responders (mean (SD))
	7.0 (63.6) (n = 11)	5.0 (62.5) (n = 8)	1

VAS visual analogic scale, WOMAC Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index, SF-36 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, HAD hospital anxiety and depression