Table 4

Prognostic factors for Anterior Knee Pain Scale at 3 and 12 months

3 months12 months
Variablesβ (95%CI)p Valueβ (95% CI)p Value
Age
Gender
Body mass index
Duration of complaints (ref=1–2 months)
 2–6 months−8.75 (−13.46 to −4.04)<0.001
 6–12 months−5.35 (−9.76 to −0.94)0.021−10.02 (−15.16 to −4.87)<0.001
 12+ months−4.44 (−8.17 to −0.71)0.024−11.33 (−15.96 to −6.71)<0.001
Allocated preferred treatment (ref = no preference)
 Not allocated
 Allocated
Recruitment
Bilaterality
Work type (ref=not employed)
 Sedentary
 Active
Sport
Baseline usual/rest pain−0.099 (−0.18 to −0.02)0.015
Baseline worse/on activity pain
Anterior Knee Pain (AKP) Scale0.56 (0.44 to 0.67)<0.0010.37 (0.24 to 0.49)<0.001
Functional Index Questionnaire
R20.3300.317
AUC (cut-off AKP at follow-up 90)0.5500.656
AUC (cut-off AKP at follow-up 80)0.6750.304
AUC (cut-off AKP at follow-up 60)0.1010.085
  • Variable ‘treatment’ not presented, but was included in final models (significant in 3-month and 12-month model),

  • Backward selection: p(IN)=0.05, p(OUT)=0.10.