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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of all participants, participants in the intervention group and in the control group, presented as mean and standard deviation (SD)

From: Effectiveness of text messages for decreasing inactive behaviour in patients with knee osteoarthritis: a pilot randomised controlled study

 

Intervention (N = 19)

Control (N = 19)

Gender, no. (%)

 Female

15 (79.0)

14 (73.7)

 Male

4 (21.1)

5 (26.3)

Affected knee, no. (%)

 Left

12 (63.2)

6 (31.6)

 Right

7 (36.8)

13 (68.4)

Age (years)

68 (7.3)

62 (9.7)

Body weight (kg)

80.9 (16.1)

80.8 (13.2)

Height (cm)

168.7 (8.3)

170.3 (8.0)

BMI (kg/m2)

28.3 (4.5)

27.9 (4.0)

Physical activity measures

 Inactivity (min/day)

1051.5 (98.7)

1048.5 (98.5)

 Standing (min/day)

131.0 (51.9)

118.5 (55.5)

 Movement (min/day)

257.5 (67.6)

273.1 (66.6)

KOOS (0–100)

 Function (ADL)

70.5 (15.4)

80.9 (14.3)

 Quality of life (QoL)

48.0 (17.1)

52.0 (15.9)

 Pain

62.4 (15.9)

76.2 (13.4)

 Sport/rec

35.5 (22.5)

39.2 (26.6)

 Symptoms

64.7 (19.6)

75.8 (15.5)

  1. Abbreviations: KOOS Knee injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score, where 0 is worst and 100 indicates no symptoms; Activity sum of walking, other, exercise, and cycling; BMI body mass index