Effect of osteoarthritis and its surgical treatment on patients’ quality of life: a longitudinal study

Mezey, Gyöngyi Anna; Paulik, Edit; Máté, Zsuzsanna

doi:10.1186/s12891-023-06662-w

BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders

Table 3 Sub-group analysis results of the general QOL assessment

From: Effect of osteoarthritis and its surgical treatment on patients’ quality of life: a longitudinal study

		WHOQOL-BREF
		Physical health			Psychological			Social relationships			Environment
		Preop	Postop	Sig	Preop	Postop	Sig	Preop	Postop	Sig	Preop	Postop	Sig
		mean ± SD	mean ± SD		mean ± SD	mean ± SD		mean ± SD	mean ± SD		mean ± SD	mean ± SD
Gender				p_c < 0.001			p_c = 0.77			p_c = 0.033			p_c = 0.459
	Male	45.92 ± 15.04	64.49 ± 17.02	p_i = 0.121	66.68 ± 14.51	67.11 ± 15.57	p_i = 0.99	56.46 ± 21.84	59.95 ± 16.34	p_i = 0.610	65.46 ± 14.65	67.00 ± 14.55	p_i = 0.772
	Female	46.77 ± 15.82	59.51 ± 16.42	p_i = 0.121	62.80 ± 15.10	63.19 ± 14.88		53.76 ± 21.96	59.41 ± 17.09		64.70 ± 15.98	65.37 ± 13.58
Age groups				p_c < 0.001			p_c = 0.548			p_c = 0.102			p_c = 0.477
	< 65	44.87 ± 16.62	66.13 ± 15.91	p_i = 0.022	65.97 ± 16.21	67.97 ± 15.42	p_i = 0.487	62.94 ± 22.47	63.87 ± 16.43	p_i = 0.222	67.45 ± 14.68	68.84 ± 11.83	p_i = 0.036
	≥ 65	47.08 ± 15.19	59.27 ± 16.68	p_i = 0.022	63.30 ± 14.55	63.16 ± 14.92	p_i = 0.487	51.69 ± 21.01	58.08 ± 2.59	p_i = 0.222	64.06 ± 15.79	64.84 ± 14.40	p_i = 0.036
Level of education				p_c < 0.001			p_c = 0.900			p_c=0.024			p_c = 0.528
	Lower	42.45 ± 13.15	59.59 ± 15.74	p_i = 0.371	61.32 ± 13.57	63.95 ± 14.72	p_i = 0.387	51.30 ± 20.23	58.77 ± 16.63	p_i = 0.351	63.98 ± 15.96	64.98 ± 13.66	p_i = 0.973
	Middle	49.09 ± 15.68	60.60 ± 17.20		63.27 ± 2.27	63.18 ± 15.58		54.00 ± 19.22	59.73 ± 16.15		63.29 ± 14.40	64.53 ± 12.68
	Higher	48.52 ± 2.68	63.74 ± 17.48		68.84 ± 2.69	66.81 ± 15.28		60.13 ± 26.81	60.48 ± 18.38		68.68 ± 16.33	69.10 ± 15.57
Job profile				p_c < 0.001			p_c = 0.541			p_c = 0.010			p_c = 0.446
	Manual	41.44 ± 13.93	61.02 ± 16.50	p_i = 0.008	60.83 ± 13.50	65.56 ± 13.74	p_i = 0.003	51.98 ± 20.90	58.43 ± 17.57	p_i = 0.500	62.91 ± 15.15	65.11 ± 14.18	p_i = 0.408
	Non-manual	50.65 ± 15.64	61.06 ± 16.98	p_i = 0.008	66.58 ± 2.50	63.45 ± 16.23	p_i = 0.003	56.73 ± 22.56	60.52 ± 16.21	p_i = 0.500	66.59 ± 15.74	66.50 ± 13.65	p_i = 0.408
Affected joint				p_c < 0.001			p_c = 0.852			p_c = 0.014			p_c = 0.504
	Knee	50.75 ± 15.64	61.45 ± 17.78	p_i = 0.038	66.52 ± 15.63	64.37 ± 15.28	p_i = 0.075	56.71 ± 22.59	60.50 ± 17.54	p_i = 0.568	65.70 ± 17.11	66.38 ± 13.78	p_i = 0.859
	Hip	42.80 ± 14.56	60.69 ± 15.81	p_i = 0.038	61.78 ± 14.13	64.42 ± 15.13	p_i = 0.075	52.73 ± 21.21	58.77 ± 16.20	p_i = 0.568	64.27 ± 14.10	65.44 ± 14.00	p_i = 0.859
Comorbidity				p_c < 0.001			p_c = 0.884			p_c = 0.099			p_c = 0.721
	Reported	42.00 ± 14.36	55.10 ± 15.73	p_i = 0.636	62.20 ± 12.79	60.70 ± 16.37	p_i = 0.414	56.67 ± 19.93	57.93 ± 15.44	p_i = 0.273	65.93 ± 12.01	62.37 ± 15.19	p_i = 0.057
	Not reported	48.01 ± 15.69	63.02 ± 16.62	p_i = 0.636	64.59 ± 15.65	65.63 ± 14.59	p_i = 0.414	53.90 ± 22.54	60.12 ± 17.27	p_i = 0.273	64.60 ± 16.58	67.04 ± 13.25	p_i = 0.057
BMI(kg/m²) category				p_c < 0.001			p_c = 0.467			p_c = 0.014			p_c = 0.960
	18.5–24.9	44.12 ± 15.96	62.18 ± 18.03	p_i = 0.479	59.71 ± 11.27	61.18 ± 17.26	p_i = 0.262	53.65 ± 21.15	61.06 ± 14.58	p_i = 0.816	67.12 ± 9.69	64.06 ± 10.46	p_i = 0.497
	25.0–29.9	46.97 ± 16.23	63.22 ± 16.91		64.47 ± 14.39	67.89 ± 14.23		53.44 ± 22.47	59.17 ± 19.11		66.92 ± 16.37	68.72 ± 16.26
	≥ 30.0	46.87 ± 15.23	59.58 ± 16.35		64.82 ± 16.06	63.34 ± 14.93		55.45 ± 22.01	59.42 ± 16.20		63.31 ± 16.23	64.81 ± 13.13

p_c: p value for both group’s combined change; p_i: p value of group interaction

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