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Table 5 Mean (standard deviation) scores and responsiveness index for trial patients (n = 65) who have undergone a knee-related health improvement of "a little better or somewhat better" at six months

From: Development of the Knee Quality of Life (KQoL-26) 26-item questionnaire: data quality, reliability, validity and responsiveness

Variable

Baseline

Six months

Change

Effect sizea

Responsiveness indexb

KQoL-26:

     

Physical functioning

57.08 (18.99)

73.49 (15.44)

16.41 (16.95)**

0.86

2.13

Activity limitations

51.15 (25.86)

74.62 (16.96)

23.46 (20.19)**

0.91

1.86

Emotional functioning

40.92 (20.73)

64.31 (19.84)

23.38 (15.46)**

1.13

1.50

EQ-5D

0.60 (0.26)

0.72 (0.13)

0.12 (0.24)**

0.46

0.51

SF-36:

     

Physical functioning

54.77 (25.87)

69.89 (19.54)

15.12 (21.33)**

0.58

1.12

Role physical

54.90 (32.09)

69.33 (23.38)

14.42 (26.86)**

0.44

0.86

Bodily pain

46.17 (26.67)

63.40 (19.62)

17.23 (21.71)**

0.65

0.78

General health

69.57 (18.08)

66.08 (19.97)

-3.49 (14.60)

-0.19

0.23

Vitality

52.40 (18.84)

53.94 (18.90)

1.54 (18.05)

0.08

0.08

Social functioning

66.54 (27.07)

78.08 (20.61)

11.54 (24.44)**

0.42

0.93

Role emotional

77.18 (31.12)

85.77 (19.02)

8.59 (27.24)*

0.28

0.59

Mental health

70.38 (19.21)

70.92 (16.81)

0.54 (14.42)

0.03

0.03

Physical Summary

38.90 (10.52)

44.63 (8.74)

5.73 (9.41)**

0.55

1.06

Mental Summary

48.74 (12.25)

49.32 (10.17)

0.58 (9.71)

0.05

0.09

  1. a ES = Mean change in score divided by the standard deviation of baseline score
  2. b RI = Mean change in score divided by the standard deviation of score changes in stable subjects
  3. Asterisks denote statistical significance: *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01