The 17 items of the complete WOMAC function subscale ranked in importance by patients and rheumatologists
| Item | Patients’ opinions* (n = 1349) | Rheumatologists’ opinions† (n = 497) | Patients’ ranking‡ | Rheumatologists’ ranking§ | Proportion of missing data (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Each patient selected the five items they considered the most important to be improved by treatment; each rheumatologist selected the five items for which their patients are generally most impaired. Excluded items are in italics. | |||||
| *Percentage of patients who considered this item as one of the five most important. | |||||
| †Percentage of rheumatologists who considered this item as one of the five most important. | |||||
| ‡Rank of the item based on the percentage of patients who considered this item as one of the five most important. | |||||
| §Rank of the item based on the percentage of rheumatologists who considered this item as one of the five most important. | |||||
| Descending stairs | 64.10 | 73.85 | 1 | 1 | 0.22 |
| Ascending stairs | 62.65 | 47.90 | 2 | 5 | 0.29 |
| Walking on the flat | 50.20 | 28.15 | 3 | 8 | 0.15 |
| Getting in/out of a car | 41.45 | 51.90 | 4 | 4 | 0.22 |
| Rising from sitting | 39.90 | 66.00 | 5 | 3 | 0.37 |
| Going shopping | 34.10 | 19.30 | 6 | 10 | 0.95 |
| Getting on/off the toilet | 33.65 | 28.95 | 7 | 7 | 0.37 |
| Putting on socks/stockings | 30.85 | 66.80 | 8 | 2 | 0.44 |
| Getting in/out of the bath | 30.00 | 45.65 | 9 | 6 | 4.26 |
| Performing light domestic duties | 26.65 | 10.25 | 10 | 12 | 4.77 |
| Performing heavy domestic duties | 26.30 | 23.75 | 11 | 9 | 5.29 |
| Standing | 25.70 | 9.05 | 12 | 13 | 0.22 |
| Taking off socks/stockings | 11.95 | 17.10 | 13 | 11 | 0.59 |
| Sitting | 8.40 | 3.20 | 14 | 15 | 0.37 |
| Rising from bed | 7.05 | 5.65 | 15 | 14 | 0.37 |
| Bending to floor | 4.60 | 2.00 | 16 | 16 | 0.22 |
| Lying in bed | 2.40 | 0.40 | 17 | 17 | 0.22 |