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Table 6 Participant characteristics for demographic factors from referral letters, scores from combined KOOS/HOOS scores and clinic outcome per clinic type

From: Using routine referral data for patients with knee and hip pain to improve access to specialist care

 

Type of clinic

 

Specialist GP

Advanced physiotherapy practitioner

Orthopaedic

 

n

% or mean (SD)

n

% or mean (SD)

n

% or mean (SD)

n

% or mean (SD)

Participant characteristics from referral letters

Age at baseline mean (SD)

194

59.2 (13.9)

190

41.8 (13.6)

259

57.8 (16.9)

643

53.5 (16.9)

Gender

Male

96

49.5

92

48.4

123

47.5

311

48.4

Female

98

50.5

98

51.6

136

52.5

332

51.6

Smoking data

Non-smoker

66

47.8

91

64.1

91

58.3

248

56.9

Smoker

26

18.8

28

19.7

18

11.5

72

16.5

Former smoker

46

33.3

23

16.2

47

30.1

116

26.6

Welsh index of multiple deprivation median (IQR)

194

825 (346, 1459)

190

825 (346, 1576)

259

825 (346, 1668)

643

825 (346, 1545.5)

WIMD quintiles

1 to 382

49

25.3

57

30.0

83

32.0

189

29.4

383 to 764

44

22.7

29

15.3

40

15.4

113

17.6

765 to 1146

44

22.7

39

20.5

52

20.1

135

21.0

1147 to 1528

16

8.2

16

8.4

13

5.0

45

7.0

1529 to 1909

41

21.1

49

25.8

71

27.4

161

25.0

BMI categories

BMI score Median (IQR)

115

30.1 (26.5, 35.0)

136

28.5 (24.6, 33.0)

148

30.5 (25.8, 35.3)

399

29.5 (25.5, 34.5)

Underweight

0

0.0

0

0.0

2

1.4

2

0.5

Healthy weight

14

12.2

41

30.1

29

19.6

84

21.1

Overweight

41

35.7

43

31.6

39

26.4

123

30.8

Obese

60

52.2

52

38.2

78

52.7

190

47.6

Medication history

No medication

17

8.8

21

11.1

8

3.1

46

7.2

With medicationa

129

66.5

133

70.0

151

58.3

413

64.2

Non-opioid

16

11.0

9

5.8

22

13.8

47

10.2

NSAIDS

36

24.7

31

20.1

51

32.1

118

25.7

Opioids

44

30.1

29

18.8

58

36.5

131

28.5

Neuropathic agents

21

14.4

9

5.8

21

13.2

51

11.1

Charleston co-morbidity index

Index† Median (IQR)

 

0.0

(0.0, 1.0)

 

0.0

(0.0, 0.0)

 

0.0

(0.0, 2.0)

 

0.0

(0.0, 1.0)

0

81

58.3

98

67.6

77

52.0

256

59.3

1

37

26.6

32

22.1

31

20.9

100

23.1

2

13

9.4

10

6.9

22

14.9

45

10.4

3+

8

5.8

5

3.4

18

12.2

31

7.2

Combined KOOS/HOOS scores

Combined KOOS/ HOOS sub-scale scores

Pain (mean (SD))

187

48.1 (20.1)

179

58.0 (22.4)

236

45.7 (22.4)

602

50.1 (22.3)

Other symptoms (mean (SD))

189

51.7 (19.9)

184

56.7 (20.2)

239

48.4 (21.8)

612

51.9 (21.0)

Function in daily living (mean (SD))

187

53.0 (23.4)

182

63.8 (24.3)

237

49.3 (25.1)

606

54.8 (25.1)

Sport and recreation function (median (IQR))

154

25.0 (10.0, 50.0)

172

35.0 (20.0, 62.5)

207

25.0 (5.0, 50.0)

533

30.0 (10.0, 55.0)

Quality of life (median (IQR))

184

31.3 (12.5, 43.8)

181

37.5 (18.8, 50.0)

234

25.0 (12.5, 43.8)

599

31.3 (12.5, 43.8)

Consultation outcome

Number of treatment outcome types received

0

6

3.1

3

1.6

4

1.5

13

2.0

1

65

33.7

71

37.6

182

70.3

318

49.6

2

98

50.8

85

45.0

58

22.4

241

37.6

3

22

11.4

27

14.3

12

4.6

61

9.5

4

2

1.0

3

1.6

3

1.2

8

1.2

Number of treatments for each treatment outcome type

Consultant

16

8.3

29

15.3

10

3.9

55

8.6

Physio

38

19.7

102

54.0

16

6.2

156

24.3

Dietician

9

4.7

4

2.1

2

0.8

15

2.3

Review appointment

64

33.2

97

51.3

81

31.3

242

37.8

Surgery

0

0.0

1

0.5

116

44.8

117

18.3

Imagining

23

11.9

45

23.8

54

20.8

122

19.0

Injection

78

40.4

5

2.6

24

9.3

107

16.7

Discharged

104

53.9

42

22.2

38

14.7

184

28.7

Podiatry or national exercise referral scheme

3

1.6

9

4.8

5

1.9

17

2.7

Unknown

6

3.1

3

1.6

4

1.5

13

2.0

  1. n number, SD standard deviation, IQR Interquartile range
  2. aDefinition of with medication = at least one (any) medication recoded in the medication data
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