Women (n = 72) | Men (n = 36) | p-value | All (n = 108) | ||
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Joint, no (%) | |||||
Knee OA | 38 (65) | 20 (35) | n.s. | 58 (53.7) | |
Hip OA | 34 (68) | 16 (32) | 50 (46.3) | ||
Age, no (%) | |||||
≥ 65 years | 40 (55) | 24 (66.6) | n.s. | 64 (59.3) | |
< 65 years | 32 (45) | 12 (33.3) | 44 (40.7) | ||
Age, mean (SD) | 66.4 (8.9) | 66 (7.8) | n.s. | 66.3 (8.5) | |
BMI, mean (SD) | 28.4 (5.1) | 27.9 (3.2) | n.s. | 28.3 (4.6) | |
Analgesicsa, no (%) | |||||
Daily analgesics | 32 (45.7) | 16 (47.1) | 0.03 | 48 (46.2) | |
Analgesics when needed | 32 (45.7) | 9 (26.5) | 41 (39.4) | ||
No analgesics | 6 (8.6) | 9 (26.5) | 15 (14.4) | ||
Kellgren & Lawrence modified classification of OA, no (%) | |||||
3a | 3 (4.2) | 4 (11.1) | n.s. | 7 (6.5) | |
3b | 22 (31) | 6 (16.7) | 28 (25.9) | ||
4a | 20 (28) | 8 (22.2) | 28 (25.9) | ||
4b | 27 (37.5) | 18 (50) | 45 (41.7) | ||
POM VASb, mean (SD) | 42 (24) | 31 (19) | 0.011 | 38 (22.6) | |
POM-Words | |||||
Number, median (range) | Sensory words | 3 (1–7) | 2 (0–5) | n.s. | 2 (0–7) |
Affective words | 2 (1–9) | 2 (1–4) | n.s. | 2 (1–9) | |
Intensity score, median (range) | Sensory words | 7 (1–24) | 6 (0–14) | n.s. | 7 (0–24) |
Affective words | 6.5 (2–39) | 6 (2–14) | n.s. | 6 (2–39) | |
KOOS/HOOS, mean (SD) | |||||
Pain | 42 (14) | 48 (13) | 0.06 | 44 (14) | |
Symptoms | 41 (17) | 47 (20) | n.s. | 43 (18) | |
ADL | 50 (17) | 54 (14) | n.s. | 51 (16) | |
Sports and recreation | 19 (19) | 22 (16) | n.s. | 20 (18) | |
QoL | 24 (14) | 25 (16) | n.s. | 25 (15) | |
EQ-5D VAS | 63 (21) | 65 (20) | n.s. | 63 (21) |