Table 3 Prioritised rankings of research topics by OA summit attendees (1000Minds survey responders n = 58)
Ranking | Topic | Median | Mean | Q1 | Q3 | IQR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Treatment adherence and behaviour change | 5.50 | 6.37 | 3.50 | 8.00 | 4.50 |
2 | Disease modification / preventing progression | 6.00 | 7.20 | 4.00 | 11.00 | 7.00 |
3 | Targeted- personalised treatment | 6.50 | 7.09 | 3.50 | 11.00 | 7.50 |
4 | Prevention of osteoarthritis | 7.00 | 7.74 | 4.00 | 11.50 | 7.50 |
5 | Non-drug, non-surgical interventions | 7.50 | 7.96 | 4.50 | 11.00 | 6.50 |
6 | Implementation / models of service delivery | 8.00 | 8.39 | 3.00 | 13.00 | 10.00 |
7 | Self-management | 8.00 | 8.35 | 5.00 | 13.00 | 8.00 |
8 | Diet and weight loss | 9.50 | 9.22 | 5.00 | 14.00 | 9.00 |
9 | Mechanisms of disease and treatments | 10.00 | 9.48 | 5.50 | 13.00 | 7.50 |
10 | Exercise | 10.00 | 9.81 | 5.00 | 15.00 | 10.00 |
11 | Use of technology in delivering treatments | 10.50 | 10.59 | 6.00 | 16.50 | 10.50 |
12 | Pain management | 10.50 | 10.17 | 6.00 | 13.50 | 7.50 |
13 | Sub-grouping / phenotyping | 10.50 | 10.65 | 5.00 | 16.50 | 11.50 |
14 | Selection of optimal patients for surgery | 11.50 | 10.93 | 7.00 | 15.00 | 8.00 |
15 | Early identification / biomarkers | 12.50 | 11.66 | 8.00 | 15.00 | 7.00 |
16 | Optimising surgical outcomes | 14.00 | 11.87 | 6.00 | 17.00 | 11.00 |
17 | PRP/ Stem cells / Cartilage repair | 15.00 | 13.50 | 8.00 | 18.50 | 10.50 |
18 | Pre-clinical models | 16.00 | 13.87 | 10.00 | 17.50 | 7.50 |
19 | Medications | 16.00 | 15.15 | 13.00 | 18.00 | 5.00 |