Table 2.

Patients' opinions in the questionnaires

Item	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency (%)
Time of onset of improvement (n = 109)
During RT	1	1
End of RT	65	60
> 2 weeks after	5	5
> 4 weeks after	1	1
> 8 weeks after	10	9
>12 weeks after	27	24
Duration of improvement (n = 135)
Not at all	29	21
For weeks	14	10
For months	16	12
For years	76	57
Overall patients' satisfaction (n = 86)
satisfied	51	59
unsatisfied	27	31
no opinion	8	10

Summary of the patient's data concerning onset and duration of improvement and overall satisfaction