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Table 3 Percentage (95 % CI) of participants with moderate/severe problems in the EQ-5D-3L attributes, mean (95 % CI) EQ-5D-3L index and KOOS scores among participant with knee osteoarthritis (OA)

From: Association of knee pain and different definitions of knee osteoarthritis with health-related quality of life: a population-based cohort study in southern Sweden

 

Radiographic knee OA (n = 282)

Clinical knee OA (n = 157)

Clinical and radiographic knee OA (n = 149)

EQ-5D-3L dimension

 Mobility

40.5 (32.1 to 49.5)

38.9 (29.3 to 49.5)

59.7 (48.7 to 69.8)ab

 Self-care

5.5 (2.1 to 13.6)

5.0 (2.7 to 9.4)

5.3 (2.6 to 10.5)

 Usual activities

12.2 (7.6 to 18.9)

27.4 (20.2 to 36.0)a

26.5 (19.3 to 35.2)a

 Pain/discomfort

76.3 (67.8 to 83.2)

98.6 (95.6 to 99.5)a

94.4 (82.2 to 98.4)a

 Anxiety/depression

23.4 (16.7 to 31.8)

36.0 (25.5 to 48.1)

29.7 (22.0 to 38.7)

No problem at any dimension (full health)

18.3 (12.4 to 26.1)

0.9 (0.2 to 3.5)a

5.6 (1.6 to 17.8)ab

Mean UK EQ-5D-3L index score

0.75 (0.71 to 0.79)

0.67 (0.63 to 0.71)a

0.66 (0.61 to 0.70)a

Mean Swedish EQ-5D-3L index score

0.88 (0.87 to 0.90)

0.84 (0.82 to 0.86)a

0.84 (0.81 to 0.86)a

KOOS subscale

 Pain

75.6 (72.4 to 78.9)

58.6 (54.8 to 62.4)a

52.0 (47.5 to 56.6)ab

 Symptoms

59.5 (57.6 to 61.4)

48.2 (45.6 to 50.7)a

45.0 (42.4 to 47.6)a

 ADL

74.6 (70.8 to 78.4)

59.5 (54.4 to 64.6)a

53.6 (49.2 to 58.1)ab

 QoL

60.5 (56.5 to 64.5)

44.2 (40.1 to 48.3)a

35.9 (30.3 to 41.5)ab

  1. ADL function in daily living, QoL knee-related quality of life
  2. a P < 0.05 compared with radiographic knee OA
  3. b P < 0.05 compared with clinical knee OA