Preliminary effects of a regional approached multidisciplinary educational program on healthcare utilization in patients with hip or knee osteoarthritis: an observational study

Table 3 Differences between baseline and follow-up on secondary outcome measures (n = 107 complete cases)

	Baseline	Follow-up	p-value
BMI (kg/m²), mean (SD)	27.1 (4.4)	26.7 (4.1)	0.16^b *
WOMAC pain (range 0–100), mean (SD)	66.8 (21.4)	69.7 (20.1)	0.13^b
WOMAC functioning (range 0–100), mean (SD)	68.3 (19.6)	67.8 (21.2)	0.78^b
Medication use, n (%)
Paracetamol	65 (61.9)	62 (59.1)	0.65^a
NSAIDS	33 (32.4)	25 (24.5)	0.08^a
Other	14 (13.1)	17 (15.9)	0.45^a
SQUASH Total activity (min/week), mean (SD)	2128.9 (1023.1)	2349.2 (1246.8)	0.07^b
IPQ Illness perceptions (range 0–100), mean (SD)	41.3 (10.5)	39.5 (10.5)	0.02^b *
GSES Self-efficacy (10–40), mean (SD)	32.1 (5.9)	32.2 (5.6)	0.85^b
PAM-13, patient activation (13–52), mean (SD)	39.3 (0.5)	40.1 (0.5)	0.15^b
Knowledge on OA (0–22), mean (SD)	10.5 (3.7)	12.9 (3.1)	0.00^b *

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