Table 3.
Quality of Life in Essential Tremor scores over time following frameless radiosurgical thalamotomy. Scores are summarized by median (interquartile range).
| Domain | Baseline | 3 months | 6 months | 9 months | 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N=22 | N=18 | N=13 | N=13 | N=9 | |
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| Communication | 0 (0–25) | 0 (0–8) | 0 (0–8) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–17) |
| Work and Finances | 0 (0–20) | 0 (0–6) | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–4) | 0 (0–0) |
| Hobbies and Leisure | 50 (12–92) | 54 (17–67) | 0 (0–33) | 0 (0–67) | 33 (0–83) |
| Physical Score | 81 (72–89) | 42 (15–73) | 22 (6–47) | 17 (0–67) | 58 (25–72) |
| Psychosocial | 33 (19–54) | 14 (6–34) | 6 (0–17) | 3 (0–14) | 6 (0–17) |
| Total* | 39 (25–55) | 25 (18–31) | 10 (6–16) | 19 (1–28) | 25 (14–30) |
Compared to baseline, total score was significantly reduced at 3 months (p=0.003), at 6 months (p=0.001), at 9 months (p=0.019), and at 12 months (p=0.027) according to Wilcoxon Signed Rank test.