Table 3 Unadjusted distribution of physical activity and pain outcomes at baseline and 3-year follow-up: COMMUNICATE Study
Control | Intervention | P valuea | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | Group A | Group FM | Group AFM | |||
Overall regular physical activityb, n | ||||||
At baseline | 573 (64.5) | 1745 (63.0) | 614 (66.6) | 526 (58.3) | 605 (64.0) | 0.40 |
At 3 year | 439 (61.8) | 1380 (61.9) | 481 (63.4) | 416 (60.1) | 483 (62.0) | |
Total walking time, mins/week | ||||||
Median (IQR) at baseline | 60 (0–210) | 60 (0–200) | 80 (0–210) | 60 (0–180) | 60 (0–200) | 0.53 |
Median (IQR) at 3 year | 60 (0–200) | 60 (0–210) | 90 (0–235) | 40 (0–180) | 60 (0–185) | |
≥150, n at baseline | 311 (37.7) | 914 (36.4) | 319 (38.1) | 282 (34.1) | 313 (37.0) | |
≥150, n at 3 year | 222 (33.8) | 700 (34.6) | 260 (37.9) | 207 (32.5) | 233 (33.4) | |
Flexibility activity daily, n | ||||||
At baseline | 253 (24.4) | 772 (23.8) | 276 (25.9) | 214 (19.8) | 282 (25.8) | 0.45 |
At 3 year | 175 (22.0) | 603 (24.6) | 213 (26.1) | 183 (23.6) | 207 (24.0) | |
Muscle-strengthening activity, days/week | ||||||
Median (IQR) at baseline | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | 1 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | 0.99 |
Median (IQR) at 3 year | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–4) | 0 (0–3) | 0 (0–3) | |
≥2, n at baseline | 348 (38.0) | 1080 (37.7) | 390 (40.9) | 310 (33.1) | 380 (39.2) | |
≥2, n at 3 year | 257 (32.8) | 862 (35.8) | 306 (38.3) | 250 (32.8) | 306 (36.1) | |
Median (IQR) VAS pain score | ||||||
Shoulder at baseline | 20 (0–48) | 22 (0–48) | 22 (0–49) | 22 (0–48) | 20 (0–48) | 0.35 |
Shoulder at 3 year | 11 (0–41) | 14 (0–43) | 13 (0–41) | 17 (0–47) | 12 (0–43) | |
Low back at baseline | 5 (0–32) | 8 (0–36) | 8 (0–36) | 9 (0–37) | 7 (0–32) | 0.11 |
Low back at 3 year | 4 (0–27) | 4 (0–29) | 4 (0–28) | 5 (0–30) | 3 (0–29) | |
Knee at baseline | 0 (0–7) | 0 (0–13) | 0 (0–15) | 0 (0–11) | 0 (0–12) | 0.067 |
Knee at 3 year | 0 (0–9) | 0 (0–13) | 0 (0–12) | 0 (0–14) | 0 (0–12) | |
Chronic musculoskeletal pain | ||||||
Shoulder at baseline | 158 (15.3) | 554 (17.4) | 176 (16.6) | 203 (19.4) | 175 (16.3) | 0.11 |
Shoulder at 3 year | 157 (19.7) | 436 (17.8) | 145 (18.0) | 156 (20.0) | 135 (15.7) | |
Low back at baseline | 133 (13.0) | 441 (14.0) | 145 (13.9) | 150 (14.4) | 146 (13.8) | 0.43 |
Low back at 3 year | 108 (13.6) | 369 (15.0) | 114 (14.0) | 124 (15.8) | 131 (15.1) | |
Knee at baseline | 95 (9.1) | 360 (11.2) | 115 (10.8) | 122 (11.4) | 123 (11.4) | 0.062 |
Knee at 3 year | 87 (11.0) | 334 (13.6) | 122 (15.0) | 99 (12.6) | 113 (13.3) | |