Table 2.
Descriptive Statistics of DS Items Endorsement at Baseline in Study 301, Study 302, and the Pooled Data at Baseline and Week 78.
| DS Item and Description | Baseline | Week 78 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Study 301 (N = 1245), n (%) | Study 302 (N = 1089), n (%) | Pooled 301 and 302 (N = 2334), n (%) | Study 301 (N = 953) | Study 302 (N = 854) | Pooled 301 and 302 (N = 1807) | |
| A. Daily task | ||||||
| Occasionally | 275 (22.1) | 241 (22.1) | 516 (22.1) | 149 (15.6) | 126 (14.8) | 275 (15.2) |
| Frequently | 700 (56.2) | 652 (59.9) | 1352 (57.9) | 639 (67.1) | 608 (71.2) | 1247 (69.0) |
| B. Important things | ||||||
| Occasionally | 345 (27.7) | 239 (21.9) | 584 (25.0) | 163 (17.1) | 140 (16.4) | 303 (16.8) |
| Frequently | 776 (62.3) | 788 (72.4) | 1564 (67.0) | 716 (75.1) | 673 (78.8) | 1389 (76.9) |
| C. Frequent help | 1046 (84.0) | 965 (88.6) | 2011 (86.2) | 840 (88.1) | 778 (91.1) | 1618 (89.5) |
| D. Household chores | 489 (39.3) | 408 (37.5) | 897 (38.4) | 552 (57.9) | 482 (56.4) | 1034 (57.2) |
| E. Be watched or kept company | 134 (10.8) | 126 (11.6) | 260 (11.1) | 223 (23.4) | 236 (27.6) | 459 (25.4) |
| F. Be escorted | 269 (21.6) | 214 (19.7) | 483 (20.7) | 340 (35.7) | 314 (36.8) | 654 (36.2) |
| G. Be accompanied bathing/eating | 77 (6.2) | 47 (4.3) | 124 (5.3) | 173 (18.2) | 169 (19.8) | 342 (18.9) |
| H. Be dressed/washed/groomed | 59 (4.7) | 30 (2.8) | 89 (3.8) | 146 (15.3) | 129 (15.1) | 275 (15.2) |
| I. Taken to the toilet | 19 (1.5) | 8 (0.7) | 27 (1.2) | 69 (7.2) | 64 (7.5) | 133 (7.4) |
| J. Be fed | 1 (0.1) | 5 (0.5) | 6 (0.3) | 13 (1.4) | 12 (1.4) | 25 (1.4) |
| K. Be turned/moved | 2 (0.2) | 3 (0.3) | 5 (0.2) | 12 (1.3) | 7 (0.8) | 19 (1.1) |
| L. Wear diaper/catheter | 58 (4.7) | 29 (2.7) | 87 (3.7) | 110 (11.5) | 80 (9.4) | 190 (10.5) |
| M. Be tube fed | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (0.3) | 6 (0.7) | 9 (0.5) |
Abbreviation: DS, Dependence Scale.