Table 2.
Patient-reported outcome measure (PROM) made on a 5-point verbal rating scale (VRS) with the alternatives poor, fair, good, very good, and excellent, PROM for each sex, and within-group distribution of PROM scores are shown for each trial group
| Paracetamol 1000 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg |
Paracetamol 1000 mg Codeine 60 mg |
Paracetamol 1000 mg Ibuprofen 400 mg Codeine 60 mg |
Placebo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n = 50 | n = 50 | n = 50 | n = 50 | |
| F/M = 25/25 | F/M = 28/22 | F/M = 29/21 | F/M = 26/24 | |
| PROM (VRS) | ||||
| Median | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| (Q1, Q3) | (3.0, 4.0) | (1.8, 3.0) | (3.0, 4.0) | (0.0, 1.0) |
| Mean | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| (95% CI) | (2.9, 3.3) | (2.2, 2.8) | (3.1, 3.5) | (0.5, 1.0) |
| Median (females) | 3.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| (Q1, Q3) | (3.0, 4.0) | (1.0, 3.0) | (3.0, 4.0) | (0.0, 1.0) |
| Mean (females) | 3.2 | 2.2 | 3.3 | 0.8 |
| (95% CI) | (2.8, 3.6) | (1.8, 2.6) | (3.0, 3.5) | (0.3, 1.2) |
| Median (males) | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.5 |
| (Q1, Q3) | (3.0, 4.0) | (2.0, 4.0) | (3.0, 4.0) | (0.0, 1.0) |
| Mean (males) | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 0.8 |
| (95% CI) | (2.7, 3.2) | (2.3, 3.3) | (2.9, 3.6) | (0.4, 1.2) |
| Distribution of PROM scores | ||||
| Ratio females/males and % of sum score | ||||
| Excellent | 11/4 30.0 | 3/7 20.0 | 11/7 36.0 | 1/0 2.0 |
| Very good | 10/16 52.0 | 9/9 36.0 | 15/13 56.0 | 1/2 6.0 |
| Good | 2/5 14.0 | 8/2 20.0 | 3/0 6.0 | 3/2 10.0 |
| Fair | 2/0 4.0 | 7/3 20.0 | 0/1 2.0 | 7/8 30.0 |
| Poor | 0/0 0.0 | 1/1 4.0 | 0/0 0.0 | 14/12 52.0 |
| Sum | 25/25 100.0 | 28/22 100.0 | 29/21 100.0 | 26/24 100.0 |