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Table 2 Consultation survey measures

From: Implementing the NICE osteoarthritis guidelines: a mixed methods study and cluster randomised trial of a model osteoarthritis consultation in primary care - the Management of OsteoArthritis In Consultations (MOSAICS) study protocol

Data Collection

Measurement Scale

Time points

Baseline

3 months

6 Months

12 Months

Demographic Information

     

Age

Years

✓

✓

✓

✓

Gender

Female/Male

✓

✓

✓

✓

Weight

Stones and lbs or Kilograms

✓

✓

✓

✓

Work related Questions

     

Current/most recent job title

Free Text

✓

✓

✓

✓

Currently in a paid Job

Yes/No/Retired

✓

✓

✓

✓

Typical working week

Working full time (30 hours or more per week)/ Working part time (29 hours or less per week)/

✓

✓

✓

✓

Time off during last 6 months because of joint pain including time off to visit any health care professional

Yes/No

✓

✓

✓

✓

How many days, weeks or months were you absent from work due to joint pains in the last 6 months

Number of days/weeks/months

✓

✓

✓

✓

Consultations

     

GPAQ communication sub scale [43]

8 – 56

✓

   

GPAQ for Nurses communication sub scale (modified GPAQ [43])

8 – 56

 

✓

  

Consulting Practice Nurse (single question)

Yes/No

 

✓

  

Joint Pain

     

Specific Joint Pain and Problems in knee/hip/hand/foot over 3 months

Yes/No

✓

✓

✓

✓

Pain intensity in the knee/hip/hand/foot over 3 months

0-10 numerical rating scale

✓

✓

✓

✓

WOMAC Physical function subscale [44]

0 - 32

✓

✓

✓

✓

AIMS 2 hand and finger function subscale [45]

0-20

✓

✓

✓

✓

Physical Activity

     

IPAQ [46]

Categorical score: low, moderate, high

✓

✓

✓

✓

Continuous score: MET-min per week

Walking Questions

Where do you regularly walk for reasons including health and well-being?/ Who do you regularly walk with?

✓

✓

✓

✓

PASE [47]

0 – 361

✓

✓

✓

✓

Global Assessment of change [48]

Completely recovered, much better, better, no change, worse, much worse

 

✓

✓

✓

General health and Well being

     

PHQ8 [49]

0 – 24

✓

✓

✓

✓

GAD7 [50]

0 – 21

✓

✓

✓

✓

SF12 version 2 [40]

0 – 100

✓

✓

✓

✓

SF6D [51]

0.29-1

    

EQ-5D [52]

-0.59-1

✓

✓

✓

✓

ICECAP-A version 2 [53]

4 - 20

✓

✓

✓

✓

Managing your joint problems

     

Arthritis Self Efficacy pain sub scale [41]

0 - 10

✓

✓

✓

✓

Patient generated OA Quality Indicators (Adapted from Østerås et al [54])

15 questions (Yes/No/Don’t remember)

✓

✓

✓

✓

Medication/Treatment Use (adapted for joint problems from Jinks et al [55])

Simple count of strategies used

✓

✓

✓

✓

Patient Enablement (modified from Howie et al [56])

0 - 10

 

✓

✓

✓

Healthcare Utilisation

Self-help remedies, contact with NHS and private healthcare, over the counter medicines, prescribed medication

  

✓

✓

  1. Key:
  2. AIMS 2 = Arthritis Impact Measurement Scale; GAD 7= Generalized Anxiety Disorder 7; GP = General Practitioner; GPAQ = General Practice Assessment Questionnaire;
  3. ICECAP-A = self-report measure of capability wellbeing for adults; IPAQ: International Physical Activity Questionnaire; MET = Metabolic Equivalent; PASE = Physical Activity Scale for the Elderly; PHQ8 = Patient Health Questionnaire 8; EQ5D = Quality of Life; SF12 = Short Form 12; SF6D = Short Form 6D; WOMAC = Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Arthritis Index.