Clinical interview and functional assessment were performed at the study clinics located in each town.
In accordance with our unit's assessment protocol and treatment model published elsewhere [ 48], we carried out a specific semistructured interview and functional analysis of GD.
Outcome measures are collected through self-report questionnaires, interviews, and blinded functional assessments (see Table 4 for data collection schedule).
The interaction term reflecting being a self-respondent at both interviews and baseline functional status was used as the omitted or reference category.
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They were older adults who (1) had completed all three LSOA II interviews, and (2) had functional limitations at the baseline interview (T1), meaning that each had limitations in at least one disability in either Activity of Daily Living (ADLs) [ 20], Instrumental Activity of Daily Living (IADLs) [ 21], or Nagi's functional limitation [ 22].
All participants were visited at their homes, where they underwent face to face interviews, blood sampling, electrocardiography, and functional tests.
This quality control system implied that all individual treatment sessions were to be videotaped, the systematic use of diagnostic and functional interviews prior to, at termination and follow-up after termination, and that an extensive battery of self-report measures were to be administered prior to treatment, during treatment, and after treatment.
Its item content was devised using patient interviews, which address pain and functional impairment in relation to their knee, in patients who are undergoing knee replacement surgery. 2 Likert responses are recommended to be scored from 0 to 4, which are summed to produce a summary score of 0 (worst) to 48 (best).
All participants completed two home, interviewer-administered interviews, and a limited clinical and functional examination, including assessment of weight (kg) by using a balance-beam scale, height (cm) measured with a stadiometer, and radiographic examination of the knees to diagnose radiographic tibiofemoral knee OA or symptomatic tibiofemoral knee OA.
