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. 2024 Jan 5;13(1):113–126. doi: 10.1007/s40122-023-00570-6

Table 3.

Effect of treatment duration on outcome measures

Outcome measures Parameter Trial period Early treatment period Late treatment period
Pain relief (pre-/post-treatment score difference) Average ± SD 2.72 ± 1.81 2.87 ± 1.92 3.46 ± 1.99
95% interval (2.59, 2.85) (2.72, 3.02) (3.35, 3.57)
Sample size 725 640 1307
Medication usage (%) Eliminated 7.45 8.28 14.19
Decreased 52.84 54.75 53.12
No effect 39.72 36.97 32.69
Sleep improvement (%) Yes 55.50 54.25 64.81
No 44.50 45.75 35.19
Work performance (%) Yes 78.80 76.74 85.68
No 21.20 23.26 14.32