Table 1.
Comparisons of percentages of women scoring ⩾4 (threshold for possible psychological morbidity) on general health questionnaire, based on numbers of women completing questionnaires at all relevant time points
| Assessments | Accepters*
|
Decliners†
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % (proportion) | Difference (%) (95% CI) | P value | % (proportion) | Difference (%) (95% CI) | P value | ||
| Baseline v 6 months | 58 (41/71) v 41 (29/71) | 17 (2 to 32) | 0.04 | 57 (31/54) v 43 (23/54) | 14 (0 to 29) | 0.08 | |
| Baseline v 18 months | 60 (39/65) v 29 (19/65) | 31 (15 to 47) | <0.001 | 57 (29/51) v 41 (21/51) | 16 (−2 to 33) | 0.11 | |
CI=confidence interval.
*
Women who had surgery.
†
Women who declined surgery.