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A Comparative Study of Telephone versus Onsite Completion of the WOMAC 3.0 Osteoarthritis Index NICHOLAS BELLAMY, JANE CAMPBELL, JONATHAN HILL, and PHILIP BAND
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Methods. Fifty consenting patients with knee OA were randomized to complete the WOMAC LK3.0 Index by telephone interview one day, followed by onsite completion the following day, or vice versa. Neither patients nor interviewers had access to any prior scores. Results. The mean age of the 50 patients was 66.3 years (range 44-82); 34 (68%) were female and 16 (32%) male. There was excellent agreement between the mean office and telephone scores, with mean differences for the WOMAC LK3.0 pain, stiffness, and function subscale scores and total score of 0.09, 0.12, 0.78, and 0.98, respectively. These differences were well within the respective protocol defined equivalence criteria of ± 1.7, ± 0.9, ± 6.4, and ± 9.1, and represented differences from office scores of 0.9, 2.6, 2.4, and 2.2%, respectively. Conclusion. The use of telephone interviews for the WOMAC LK3.0 Index is a valid method of obtaining OA outcome measurements. These observations have important implications for designing data acquisition strategies for future OA clinical trials and for longterm observational studies. (J Rheumatol 2002;29:783-6) Key Indexing Terms:
OUTCOME ASSESSMENT
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