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Table 1 Baseline patients’ characteristics of responders and non-responders to the 12-month follow-up questionnaire

From: A prospective study of the association of patient expectations with changes in health-related quality of life outcomes, following total joint replacement

 

Responders (N = 892)

Non-responders (N = 789)

p value

Age in years: mean (SD)

68.74 (9.92)

69.07 (9.65)

0.505

Joint: hip: n (%)

365 (40.92%)

289 (36.26%)

0.051

Gender: female: n (%)

529 (59.37%)

507 (63.77%)

0.71

BMI: mean (SD)

29.37 (4.61)

29.98 (4.71)

0.012

WOMAC: mean (SD)

   

Pain

55.26 (18.17)

58.60 (19.54)

<0.001

Stiffness

56.92 (24.24)

60.70 (24.46)

0.002

Function

62.53 (17.28)

66.65 (17.28)

<0.001

SF-12: mean (SD)

   

PCS

29.80 (7.08)

29.69 (7.46)

0.787

MCS

43.34 (14.23)

41.21 (14.40)

0.006

Higher education: n (%)

   

Secondary education/University

176 (20.39%)

121 (15.71%)

<0.001

Primary education

511 (59.21%)

419 (54.42%)

 

None

176 (20.39%)

230 (29.87%)

 

Previous intervention: n (%)

   

Yes

311 (36.4%)

287 (37.18%)

0.758

No

543 (63.6%)

485 (62.82%)

 

Expectation items

   

Pain relief: n (%)

   

Low

89 (10.31%)

135 (17.26%)

<0.001

High

287 (33.26%)

282 (36.06%)

 

Very high

487 (56.43%)

365 (46.68%)

 

Daily activities: n (%)

   

Low

165 (18.94%)

215 (27.53%)

<0.001

High

407 (46.73%)

326 (41.74% )

 

Very high

299 (34.33%)

240 (30.73%)

 

Ability to walk: n (%)

   

Low

82 (9.40%)

130 (16.71%)

<0.001

High

352 (40.37%)

329 (42.29%)

 

Very high

438 (50.23%)

319 (41.00%)

 

To interact with others: n (%)

   

Low

221 (26.06%)

257 (33.68%)

0.002

High

330 (38.92%)

330 (38.92%)

 

Very high

297 (35.02%)

221 (28.96%)

 

Psychological well-being: n (%)

   

Low

171 (20.38%)

200 (26.49%)

0.015

High

355 (42.31%)

290 (38.41%)

 

Very high

313 (37.31%)

265 (35.10%)

 
  1. Score direction: WOMAC, higher scores indicating worse HRQoL; SF-12, higher scores indicating better HRQoL.
  2. SD, Standard deviation; BMI, Body Mass Index; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; SF-12, Short Form 12; PCS, physical component summary of the SF-12; MCS, mental component summary of the SF-12.