TABLE 2.
PBWS Identified by Participants Over Time (by Allocation)
| Baseline | 1–2 weeks | 3 months | 6 months | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sign | Control n = 96 | Focused-PPC n = 96 | Control n = 88 | Focused-PPC n = 84 | Control n = 90 | Focused-PPC n = 79 | Control n = 88 | Focused-PPC n = 76 |
| Pain in chest (%) | 51 | 46.9 | 51.1 | 82.1 | 40 | 100 | 42 | 98.7 |
| Obstructed breathing/shortness of breath (%) | 38.5 | 34.4 | 47.7 | 71.4 | 32.2 | 100 | 26.1 | 94.7 |
| Seizures/convulsions/twitching (%) | 35.4 | 33.3 | 35.2 | 58.3 | 21.1 | 98.7 | 17 | 97.4 |
| Thoughts of hurting yourself (%) | 29.2 | 31.2 | 35.2 | 67.9 | 13.3 | 97.5 | 20.5 | 97.4 |
| Severe bleeding (%) | 79.2 | 79.2 | 80.7 | 96.4 | 75.6 | 100 | 62.5 | 98.7 |
| Incision taking long to heal (%) | 41.7 | 45.8 | 45.5 | 70.2 | 33.3 | 98.7 | 22.7 | 93.4 |
| Swollen leg/pain in leg (%) | 32.3 | 28.1 | 31.8 | 46.4 | 12.2 | 98.7 | 13.6 | 96.1 |
| Fever/high temperature (%) | 49 | 51 | 52.3 | 78.6 | 40 | 98.7 | 47.7 | 96.1 |
| Severe headache (%) | 55.2 | 55.2 | 52.3 | 84.5 | 46.7 | 98.7 | 47.7 | 97.4 |
| None of the above (%) | 7.3 | 8.3 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 3.3 | 0 | 10.2 | 0 |