Table 3
Assessment of satisfaction on five 100 mm visual analogue scales by patients treated by rheumatologists randomised to four groups of intervention for osteoarthritis of the knee or hip
| Measurements | Rheumatologist intervention groups | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST (n = 556) | EX (n = 499) | ST+EX (n = 476) | UC (n = 556) | |
| *Scale running from “greatly lower than expected” (0) to “greatly higher than expected” (100). | ||||
| †Scale running from “not at all” (0) to “yes, completely” (100). | ||||
Results are expressed as mean (SD), with SD corrected with the inflation coefficient  is the mean size of cluster (2.7) and ρ is the intra-class correlation coefficient equalling 0.062, 0.205, 0.203, 0.381, and 0.239 for questions 1 to 5, respectively. | ||||
| ST, standardised tools; EX, exercise; UC, usual care; VAS, visual analogue scale. | ||||
| According to your expectation, the quality of care was:* | 68.0 (24.0) | 67.9 (25.5) | 69.1 (24.6) | 66.6 (25.1) |
| Your pain was taken into account:† | 84.9 (16.8) | 85.4 (17.0) | 85.3 (17.7) | 85.7 (17.4) |
| Your disabilities during daily living activities was taken into account:† | 84.1 (17.5) | 85.3 (17.5) | 85.3 (17.0) | 85.3 (17.1) |
| Have you received counselling about muscular strengthening† | 72.0 (36.8) | 87.1 (18.2) | 86.3 (20.2) | 72.8 (36.9) |
| According to you, your physician has done his best to preserve your muscular function and physical activities despite your osteoarthritis:† | 75.9 (28.2) | 84.5 (21.0) | 85.0 (19.5) | 75.6 (29.7) |