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Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the participants in the study

From: Minimal important difference and patient acceptable symptom state for the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) for pain and the Patient-Rated Wrist/Hand Evaluation (PRWHE) for patients with osteoarthritis at the base of thumb

 

N (%)

Sex

 Female

39 (75)

 Male

13 (25)

Handedness

 Right

43 (83)

 Left

6 (12)

 Ambidextrous

3 (5.8)

Affected side

 Dominant

19 (37)

 Non-dominant

27 (52)

 Bilateral

6 (12)

Smoker

 Yes

11 (21)

 No

41 (79)

Eaton-Glickel classification

 Stage 2

9 (17)

 Stage 3

20 (39)

 Stage 4

22 (42)

 

Mean (Std. Deviation)

Age, years

62 (7.6)

BMI, kg/m2

28 (4.4)

NRS pain, past day (0 to 10)

6.5 (1.7)

PRWHE total score (0 to 100)

64.3 (12.6)

PRWHE pain subscale (0 to 50)

34.2 (6.8)

PRWHE function subscale (0 to 50)

30 (7.9)