Table 1. Participant characteristics.
| Category | Subcategory | Face icons, % at Day 3 | Bar Graph, % at Day 3 | Bar Graph, Duration of Symptoms | Bar Graph, % at Days 3 and 7 | No Information | Total | Norwegian Populationa |
| n = 361 | n = 355 | n = 351 | n = 319 | n = 374 | N = 1,760 | |||
| Women b | 70.9 | 70.7 | 67.2 | 67.1 | 70.9 | 69.4 | 51.0 | |
| Age b | 18–29 | 25.8 | 28.7 | 26.8 | 28.8 | 31.6 | 28.4 | 19.4 |
| 30–39 | 32.7 | 33.0 | 32.2 | 30.1 | 30.5 | 31.7 | 20.0 | |
| 40–49 | 22.4 | 21.7 | 22.2 | 20.4 | 19.8 | 21.3 | 18.3 | |
| 50–59 | 15.0 | 13.2 | 12.0 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 13.8 | 17.0 | |
| 60–69 | 3.9 | 2.8 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 2.9 | 4.0 | 10.7 | |
| 70–79 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 8.6 | |
| Over 80 | 0 | 0 | 0.3 | 0 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 6.0 | |
| Education b | Elementary | 3.0 | 4.5 | 2.3 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 31.0 |
| High school | 22.4 | 26.2 | 24.8 | 21.0 | 25.1 | 24.0 | 42.7 | |
| University | 74.5 | 69.3 | 72.9 | 75.2 | 71.1 | 72.6 | 23.3 | |
| Values (on 100-point visual analogue scale) c | Sore throat | 69.4 (26.0) | 74.1 (24.3) | 72.1 (25.1) | 69.2 (25.1) | 70.5 (25.8) | 71.1 (25.3) | |
| Side effects | 63.9 (29.7) | 63.1 (31.4) | 62.1 (31.3) | 65.3 (28.8) | 64.4 (31.1) | 63.7 (30.5) | ||
| Recurrence | 76.8 (24.0) | 79.6 (21.5) | 77.1 (25.6) | 77.2 (24.1) | 75.5 (26.1) | 77.2 (24.4) | ||
| Inconvenience | 64.1 (32.6) | 63.2 (33.3) | 61.4 (33.3) | 63.8 (31.9) | 62.0 (34.5) | 62.9 (33.2) | ||
| RIS | −135.4 (55.4) | −131.9 (60.6) | −128.5 (63.7) | −137.2 (59.2) | −131.4 (59.1) | −132.8 (59.7) |
a
For the Norwegian population the proportion of women and each age group is based on the population over 17 in 2004 [25]. The proportion of people with different levels of education is based on the highest completed education for people over 16 years old [26].
b
Data presented as percentages of n in a given column.
c
Data presented as mean (standard deviation) for a given presentation group.