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Table 2 Baseline demographic and clinical outcome measures of patients

From: The effect of rehabilitation protocol using mobile health in overweight and obese patients with knee osteoarthritis: a clinical trial

Demographic and clinical outcome measures

Overall (N = 114)

RGwo-mHealth (n = 38)

RGw-mHealth (n = 38)

CG (n = 38)

P

Age, mean (SD), y

52.92 (4.58)

51.73 (4.93)

53.97 (4.36)

52.94 (4.58)

0.114

Gender (M/F)

50/64

17/21

17/21

16/22

0.966

Educational status, No. (%)

 Matriculation

25 (21.90)

11 (9.60)

12 (10.50)

2 (1.80)

0.071

 Intermediate

47 (41.20)

16 (14.00)

12 (10.50)

19 (16.70)

 Bachelor

24 (21.10)

6 (5.30)

9 (7.90)

9 (7.90)

 Master

18 (15.80)

5 (4.40)

5 (4.40)

8 (7.00)

Marital status, No. (%)

 Single

7 (6.1)

4 (3.5)

3 (2.6)

0 (0)

0.633

 Married

99 (86.8)

31 (27.2)

32 (28.1)

36 (31.6)

 Divorced

8 (7.0)

3 (2.6)

3 (2.6)

2 (1.8)

Kellgren and Lawrence grade, No. (%)

 2 grade

69 (60.5)

25 (65.8)

20 (52.6)

24 (63.2)

0.470

 3 grade

45 (39.5)

13 (34.2)

18 (47.4)

14 (36.8)

BMI (kg/m2)

32.17 (4.21)

31.98 (3.61)

33.06 (4.36)

32.02 (4.65)

0.138

WOMAC Pain score (0–20), mean (SD)

9.66 (2.54)

9.10 (2.32)

10.63 (2.46)

9.26 (2.62)

0.015

TUG score (seconds), mean (SD)

11.36 (2.81)

10.48 (2.08)

12.73 (3.47)

10.87 (2.17)

0.001

Katz ADL score (0–6), mean (SD)

4.12 (1.07)

4.26 (0.97)

3.89 (1.42)

4.21 (0.66)

0.272

PSFS (0–10), mean (SD)

4.57 (1.19)

4.61 (0.87)

4.68 (1.24)

4.42 (1.41)

0.613

  1. RGw-mHealth, rehabilitation group with mobile health; RGwo-mHealth, rehabilitation group without mobile health; CG, control group; WOMAC, Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index; BMI, body mass index; SD, standard deviation; TUG, timed up and go; ADL, activities of daily living; PSFS, patient specific functional scale; n, number