Mean (SD) EQ VAS score at baseline, 1-year follow-up and the change in the nine NQRs and in the general population
| Time | Variable | Mean EQ VAS score (SD) | |||||||||
| Intervention-based registers | Diagnosis-based registers | General population | |||||||||
| Spine | Hip | Knee | Ankle | Cruciate ligament | BOA | Fracture | Heart failure | Respiratory failure | |||
| Baseline | Overall | 47.8 (22.1) | 56.2 (22.2) | 64.6 (22.1) | 55.8 (21.4) | 62.8 (23.0) | 68.3 (18.6) | 84.7 (18.4) | 65.4 (18.9) | 51.1 (21.3) | 79.5 (18.3) |
| Sex | |||||||||||
| Men | 50.4 (22.1) | 59.6 (21.3) | 68.1 (20.9) | 58.5 (20.5) | 63.9 (23.0) | 70.8 (17.4) | 86.1 (17.0) | 66.5 (18.9) | 50.9 (20.2) | 80.4 (17.4) | |
| Women | 45.2 (21.8) | 53.7 (22.5) | 62.0 (22.5) | 52.5 (22.2) | 61.4 (23.0) | 67.3 (18.9) | 84.0 (19.0) | 62.9 (18.7) | 51.2 (22.0) | 78.8 (18.9) | |
| Age group | |||||||||||
| <30 | 46.6 (21.3) | 46.2 (24.3) | – | 49.9 (17.5) | 63.3 (23.1) | 71.3 (2.5) | 90.3 (13.8) | – | – | 81.2 (16.8) | |
| 30–39 | 45.1 (22.0) | 52.2 (22.3) | 58.9 (25.6) | 45.6 (18.1) | 63.4 (22.4) | 62.6 (22.2) | 88.8 (14.7) | 74.0 (20.7) | – | 80.9 (17.1) | |
| 40–49 | 45.9 (21.7) | 54.3 (22.5) | 56.7 (23.3) | 51.4 (21.3) | 60.7 (23.5) | 63.9 (19.6) | 88.3 (15.6) | 67.2 (16.6) | – | 79.4 (18,3) | |
| 50–59 | 46.8 (22.3) | 55.0 (22.6) | 60.6 (23.4) | 55.0 (20.7) | 60.7 (22.8) | 66.1 (19.5) | 87.6 (16.3) | 62.1 (19.7) | 47.4 (27.8) | 78.5 (19.2) | |
| 60–69 | 48.7 (22.2) | 56.8 (22.6) | 64.5 (22.5) | 56.4 (21.8) | 59.0 (28.0) | 69.3 (18.3) | 87.4 (16.4) | 69.5 (19.8) | 50.0 (21.2) | 78.5 (19.4) | |
| 70–79 | 49.9 (22.2) | 57.1 (22.7) | 66.3 (21.3) | 58.7 (22.0) | – | 69.3 (18.0) | 83.3 (18.6) | 65.2 (19.4) | 50.7 (20.0) | 76.1 (19.3) | |
| 80+ | 49.6 (21.7) | 54.8 (21.4) | 64.8 (20.7) | 50.3 (17.6) | – | 66.6 (18.1) | 71.2 (22.1) | 63.2 (16.8) | 53.8 (22.5) | 71.1 (22.3) | |
| BMI | |||||||||||
| Underweight | 42.6 (22.0) | 53.6 (22.1) | 62.3 (24.9) | 40.7 (29.9) | 72.6 (20.6) | 64.8 (20.4) | – | – | 48.9 (21.6) | 78.2 (19.1) | |
| Normal weight | 48.1 (22.2) | 57.9 (22.2) | 66.7 (21.9) | 56.1 (23.3) | 64.8 (23.0) | 71.1 (17.9) | – | – | 52.5 (21.9) | 82.1 (16.1) | |
| Overweight | 48.6 (22.0) | 57.6 (21.9) | 66.3 (21.7) | 57.4 (19.8) | 63.7 (22.5) | 69.2 (18.2) | – | – | 52.0 (19.1) | 78.7 (17.9) | |
| Obesity class I | 46.8 (21.7) | 54.3 (22.1) | 62.4 (21.9) | 54.5 (20.9) | 59.2 (23.3) | 65.1 (19.2) | – | – | 51.4 (21.2) | 72.9 (20.3) | |
| Obesity class II | 43.8 (22.3) | 51.6 (22.8) | 58.7 (23.1) | 53.0 (19.9) | 51.4 (24.2) | 63.2 (18.8) | – | – | 54.1 (19.2) | 68.4 (21.1) | |
| Obesity class III | 44.0 (21.8) | 49.4 (23.6) | 57.5 (23.5) | 40.5 (14.5) | 66.2 (20.2) | 56.7 (19.3) | – | – | 55.6 (17.3) | 67.5 (21.9) | |
| 1-year follow-up | Overall | 67.9 (22.5) | 76.7 (20.0) | 76.2 (19.4) | 70.2 (18.9) | 74.5 (19.9) | 70.4 (18.7) | 77.7 (20.4) | 67.9 (18.8) | 49.1 (20.4) | – |
| Sex | – | ||||||||||
| Men | 69.4 (22.0) | 78.6 (19.0) | 77.8 (18.8) | 72.3 (17.1) | 75.3 (20.1) | 70.8 (18.3) | 78.7 (19.8) | 68.4 (19.0) | 49.4 (19.9) | – | |
| Women | 66.5 (22.9) | 75.3 (20.7) | 75.1 (19.8) | 67.6 (20.5) | 73.6 (19.5) | 70.3 (18.9) | 77.2 (20.8) | 65.4 (18.2) | 48.9 (20.7) | – | |
| Age group | – | ||||||||||
| <30 | 73.2 (20.3) | 74.2 (20.1) | – | 62.5 (23.7) | 74.5 (19.8) | 69.5 (28.2) | 82.5 (17.1) | – | – | – | |
| 30–39 | 70.9 (21.7) | 77.4 (20.4) | 75.5 (20.6) | 64.4 (20.4) | 74.5 (19.5) | 71.7 (20.9) | 82.0 (17.4) | 76.0 (19.5) | – | – | |
| 40–49 | 70.5 (22.6) | 78.8 (19.5) | 73.3 (20.7) | 67.3 (17.4) | 74.8 (20.4) | 69.8 (19.1) | 81.2 (17.7) | 71.7 (17.4) | – | – | |
| 50–59 | 68.3 (23.1) | 78.5 (19.8) | 73.6 (20.8) | 69.4 (20.2) | 73.4 (21.1) | 69.5 (19.7) | 80.7 (18.6) | 70.5 (18.1) | 48.8 (22.7) | – | |
| 60–69 | 68.5 (22.3) | 79.1 (19.4) | 78.0 (18.6) | 72.6 (17.2) | 79.7 (19.1) | 71.9 (18.1) | 81.3 (18.3) | 72.1 (17.8) | 47.7 (20.5) | – | |
| 70–79 | 64.8 (22.3) | 75.8 (20.1) | 76.5 (19.4) | 71.0 (18.6) | – | 69.9 (18.5) | 76.1 (21.0) | 66.6 (18.4) | 49.1 (19.6) | – | |
| 80+ | 60.7 (21.5) | 71.1 (20.5) | 73.1 (19.6) | 58.6 (23.0) | – | 64.9 (19.3) | 63.1 (23.0) | 63.0 (19.5) | 50.3 (21.4) | – | |
| BMI | – | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 66.2 (24.0) | 72.7 (22.0) | 70.3 (16.9) | 51.7 (16.1) | 70.8 (19.8) | 69.4 (14.7) | – | – | 44.9 (20.7) | – | |
| Normal weight | 70.3 (22.2) | 78.6 (19.6) | 77.9 (18.9) | 68.9 (19.2) | 75.6 (20.0) | 73.9 (17.6) | – | – | 49.9 (20.5) | – | |
| Overweight | 68.6 (22.1) | 77.7 (19.4) | 77.6 (18.9) | 72.4 (17.6) | 74.6 (20.5) | 70.9 (18.4) | – | – | 50.9 (20.2) | – | |
| Obesity class I | 64.5 (22.9) | 74.5 (20.6) | 74.4 (19.7) | 67.3 (18.4) | 72.1 (20.9) | 66.9 (19.3) | – | – | 48.5 (20.8) | – | |
| Obesity class II | 60.3 (23.3) | 70.9 (21.6) | 72.7 (20.2) | 69.1 (22.8) | 64.8 (25.6) | 65.7 (18.9) | – | – | 47.2 (16.0) | – | |
| Obesity class III | 61.4 (24.8) | 68.1 (23.0) | 66.7 (22.6) | 39.4 (18.6) | 61.8 (27.2) | 58.6 (21.1) | – | – | 54.3 (15.1) | – | |
| Change | Overall | 20.1 (27.1) | 20.5 (25.8) | 11.7 (24.6) | 14.4 (24.7) | 11.8 (26.4) | 2.1 (18.7) | −7.0 (19.4) | 2.1 (18.3) | −2.0 (24.1) | – |
| Sex | – | ||||||||||
| Men | 19.0 (26.7) | 19.0 (24.5) | 9.7 (23.5) | 13.8 (22.5) | 11.4 (26.4) | 0.0 (17.3) | −7.4 (18.9) | 1.9 (18.3) | −1.4 (24.1) | – | |
| Women | 21.2 (26.4) | 21.6 (26.7) | 13.1 (25.2) | 15.1 (27.2) | 12.2 (26.3) | 3.0 (19.2) | −6.8 (19.6) | 2.5 (18.2) | −2.3 (24.2) | – | |
| Age group | – | ||||||||||
| <30 | 26.6 (26.3) | 28.0 (29.0) | – | 12.6 (32.3) | 11.3 (26.6) | −1.8 (27.5) | −7.8 (19.5) | – | – | – | |
| 30–39 | 25.9 (27.3) | 25.2 (25.4) | 16.6 (21.3) | 18.8 (17.8) | 11.2 (24.6) | 9.0 (17.9) | −6.8 (18.3) | 2.0 (11.0) | – | – | |
| 40–49 | 24.6 (27.4) | 24.5 (26.0) | 16.6 (27.4) | 15.9 (25.7) | 14.1 (27.2) | 5.9 (19.0) | −7.1 (18.4) | 4.5 (19.2) | – | – | |
| 50–59 | 21.4 (27.2) | 23.5 (25.9) | 13.0 (26.0) | 14.4 (25.1) | 12.7 (27.9) | 3.4 (19.2) | −6.9 (18.8) | 8.4 (19.1) | 1.4 (26.1) | – | |
| 60–69 | 19.8 (26.7) | 22.3 (25.8) | 13.6 (24.6) | 16.2 (25.0) | 20.6 (31.4) | 2.6 (18.6) | −6.1 (18.2) | 2.6 (17.5) | −2.3 (22.9) | – | |
| 70–79 | 15.0 (26.1) | 18.7 (25.5) | 10.2 (23.9) | 12.3 (24.3) | – | 0.6 (18.4) | −7.2 (19.7) | 1.4 (19.2) | −1.6 (23.9) | – | |
| 80+ | 11.1 (25.8) | 16.3 (25.6) | 8.4 (23.8) | 8.3 (23.3) | – | −1.7 (17.8) | −8.1 (22.3) | −0.3 (16.8) | −3.5 (25.8) | – | |
| BMI | – | ||||||||||
| Underweight | 23.6 (29.0) | 19.1 (26.1) | 8.0 (24.2) | 11.0 (13.9) | −1.7 (22.0) | 4.6 (20.9) | – | – | −4.0 (23.5) | – | |
| Normal weight | 22.2 (27.4) | 20.8 (25.5) | 11.2 (23.5) | 12.8 (25.9) | 10.8 (26.6) | 2.8 (17.6) | – | – | −2.6 (24.2) | – | |
| Overweight | 20.0 (26.7) | 20.1 (25.3) | 11.3 (24.1) | 14.9 (23.1) | 10.9 (27.2) | 1.8 (18.5) | – | – | −1.1 (23.0) | – | |
| Obesity class I | 17.7 (27.2) | 20.2 (26.4) | 12.0 (25.2) | 12.8 (23.9) | 12.9 (27.1) | 1.8 (20.0) | – | – | −2.9 (24.6) | – | |
| Obesity class II | 16.5 (26.9) | 19.3 (27.4) | 14.0 (26.7) | 16.1 (34.0) | 13.4 (28.5) | 2.5 (20.3) | – | – | −6.9 (21.0) | – | |
| Obesity class III | 17.3 (28.7) | 18.7 (28.6) | 9.2 (28.5) | −1.1 (17.0) | −4.3 (21.1) | 1.9 (18.6) | – | – | −1.3 (13.6) | – | |
BMI categories: underweight:<18.5; normal weight: 18.5–24.9; overweight: 25.0–29.9; obesity class I: 30.0–34.9; obesity class II: 35.0–39.9; obesity class III:≥40.
EQ VAS is the visual anaogue scale component of the EQ-5D questionnaire.
BMI, body mass index; BOA, Better management of patients with Osteoarthritis; NQRs, National Quality Registers.