Table 5.
Evolution of quality of life (QOL) score items and perceived knowledge between baseline and 3 months for program participants versus the control group with endometriosis.
| Health outcome | Program participants | Control group | Program participants vs control group, P value | Benjamini-Hochberg threshold | ||||||||||
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Improvement | Stable | Deterioration | Improvement | Stable | Deterioration |
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| QOL: EHP-5a core part (n=39 participants; n=65 controls) | .07 | 0.026 | ||||||||||||
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Participants, n (%) | 16 (41) | 17 (43.6) | 6 (15.4) | 13 (20) | 40 (61.5) | 12 (18.5) |
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Points, mean (SD) | –25.0 (8.2) | –0.9 (6.9) | 30.8 (11.6) | –18.1 (3.8) | 0.5 (6.6) | 23.3 (11.3) |
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| QOL: EHP-5 modular part (n=39 participants; n=64 controls) | .02 b | 0.018 | ||||||||||||
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Participants, n (%) | 12 (30.8) | 24 (61.5) | 3 (7.7) | 7 (10.9) | 54 (84.4) | 3 (4.7) |
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Points, mean (SD) | –28.1 (9.3) | –2.4 (6.1) | 25.0 (8.3) | –23.2 (3.3) | –1.3 (6.9) | 23.6 (2.4) |
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| QOL: EQ-5D score (n=33 participants; n=80 controls) | .58 | 0.044 | ||||||||||||
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Participants, n (%) | 2 (6.1) | 31 (93.9) | 0 (0) | 2 (2.5) | 78 (97.5) | 0 (0) |
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Points, mean (SD) | 0.4 (0.1) | 0.0 (0.1) | —c | 0.4 (0.1) | –0.0 (0.1) | — |
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| Perceived knowledge (n=90 participants; n=148 controls), n (%) | 47 (52.2) | 41 (45.6) | 2 (2.2) | 21 (14.2) | 119 (80.4) | 8 (5.4) | <.001 | 0.003 | ||||||
aEHP-5: Endometriosis Health Profile-5.
bValues in italics indicate significant P values.
cNot applicable.