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. 2012 Jun 6;344:e2237. doi: 10.1136/bmj.e2237

Table 3.

 Comparison of outcomes at one year follow-up

Intervention (mean score (standard deviation), no) Comparison (adjusted mean difference (95% CI), P)*
Routine care Booklet self management with telephone support Booklet self management only Routine care versus booklet self management with telephone support Routine care versus booklet self management only
Baseline One year Baseline One year Baseline One year
Vertigo symptom scale-short form 13.8 (10.7), n=89 11.0 (8.7), n=89 13.4 (10.0), n=86 8.3 (8.5), n=86 11.8 (7.9), n=88 7.6 (6.2), n=88 −2.52 (−4.52 to −0.51), P=0.014 −2.43 (−4.27 to −0.60), P=0.010
Patients reporting subjective improvement 47/99 (47%)† 66/95 (69%)† 60/100 (60%)† 2.56 (1.41 to 4.66)‡, P=0.002 1.63 (0.93 to 2.87)‡, P=0.091
Vertigo balance subscale 8.2 (6.6), n=89 5.7 (4.9), n=89 7.7 (6.7), n=86 4.6 (5.5), n=86 7.2 (5.5), n=88 4.3 (4.0), n=88 −1.07 (−2.2 to 1.0), P=0.073 −0.92 (−2.23 to 0.39), P=0.168
Autonomic anxiety subscale 5.6 (5.1), n=89 5.3 (4.6), n=89 5.6 (4.8), n=86 3.6 (4.0), n=86 4.5 (3.7), n=88 3.3 (3.2), n=88 −1.64 (−2.60 tο −0.68), P=0.001 −1.38 (−2.31 tο −0.46) P=0.004
Dizziness handicap inventory 33.7 (18.1), n=89 29.2 (18.8), n=89 33.7 (18.1), n=86 29.2 (18.8), n=86 31.2 (17.6), n=88 23.0 (17.7), n=88 −4.27 (−8.70 to −0.74), P=0.020 −4.37 (−8.5 to −0.21) P=0.040
Hospital anxiety and depression scale
 Anxiety 7.15 (4.27), n=89 7.01 (4.27), n=89 6.79 (4.33), n=86 5.66 (4.40), n=86 6.68 (3.99), n=88 6.03 (4.51), n=88 −1.05 (−1.89 to −0.22), P=0.014 −0.59 (−1.48 to 0.31), P=0.200
 Depression 4.51 (3.68), n=89 4.60 (4.02), n=89 4.11 (3.52), n=86 3.41 (3.41), n=86 4.00 (3.44), n=88 3.82 (3.62), n=88 −0.87 (−1.57 to −0.17), P=0.016 −0.35 (−1.13 to 0.44), P=0.387
EQ-5D 0.79 (0.21), n=86 0.79 (0.26), n=86 0.75 (0.29), n=85 0.80 (0.28), n=85 0.83 (0.23), n=85 0.82 (0.18), n=85 0.04 (−0.01 to 0.10), P=0.107 0.02 (−0.03 to 0.07), P=0.343

*All analyses adjusted for baseline levels of the stratification variable, the vertigo symptom scale-short form, and for baseline levels of the dependent variable.

†Data are reporting/total number of patients (%).

‡Data are odds ratio (95% confidence interval).