Table 3 Demographic characteristics and responses of the patients in the treatment groups who returned completed patient-reported outcome measure questionnaires
Surgery | Conservative | p-Value* | |
|---|---|---|---|
Response rate, n (%) | 30 (41) | 24 (39) | |
Female, n (%) | 14 (47) | 8 (47) | 1.000 |
Age, mean (SD) | 25.7 (7.5) | 30.4 (11.9) | 0.114 |
Recurrent patellar dislocations after occurrence of OCF, n (%) | 5 (17) | 5 (21) | 0.969 |
PROM scores, mean (SD) | |||
Kujala score | 85.3 (11.3) | 86.3 (14.7) | 0.778 |
Tegner score | 5.2 (1.7) | 5.9 (1.9) | 0.181 |
KOOS QoL | 70.0 (20.5) | 70.6 (21.3) | 0.921 |
VAS pain, mm | |||
Overall | 16.1 (17.8) | 14.8 (22.5) | 0.820 |
Day | 8.5 (12.8) | 9.0 (18.7) | 0.894 |
Night | 3.5 (5.6) | 5.0 (12.9) | 0.560 |
Movement | 18.7 (21.1) | 16.9 (25.3) | 0.773 |
Rest | 4.3 (9.4) | 5.7 (11.8) | 0.619 |
Overall knee condition | 84.9 (12.5) | 81.9 (16.5) | 0.451 |