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Table 1 Characteristics of knee and hip osteoarthritis patients at baseline

From: Evaluation of mindfulness based stress reduction in symptomatic knee or hip osteoarthritis patients: a pilot randomized controlled trial

 

MBSR group (n = 20)

Usual care group (n = 20)

Demographic

 Men/women

16/4

15/5

 Age (years) (mean (SD))

63.0 (7.4)

56.2 (12.9)

 BMI (kg/m2) (mean (SD))

26.1 (6.1)

28.8 (6.7)

 Smoking habits, n (%)

1 (5)

2 (10)

Socio-professional category

 Active, n (%)

5 (25)

9 (45)

Radiological evaluation (left + right) (%)

 At least 1 knee/hip K/L ≥ 2

100

100

 Knee/hip K/L = 4

20

10

Clinical symptoms (%)

 Monoarticular knee/hip

15

30

 Polyarticular knee/hip

42.5

27.5

Other osteoarthritis symptomatic localisations (N = 22)

 Hand (n (%))

9 (69.2)

3 (33.3)

 Spine (n (%))

9 (69.2)

6 (66.7)

 Shoulder (n (%))

4 (30.8)

2 (22.2)

Functional impact

 Limitation (n)

3

2

 If yes: walking perimeter (m) (mean (SD))

383.3 (293.0)

325.0 (247.5)

  1. MBSR mindfulness-based stress reduction, BMI body mass index, K/L Kellgren and Lawrence scale, VAS visual analogic scale, SD standard deviation