Table 5.

Estimated standard of care—pain and palliative care difference by time point

Dropout group	Assessment time	Pain intensity		Pain unpleasantness		Symptom distress
		Difference	P value	Difference	P value	Difference	P value
Before 3 months	4–6 weeks	−0.9989	0.9274	3.4215	0.1695	4.1578	0.2690
3–9 months	4–6 weeks	1.3665	0.1471	0.7825	0.3884	−0.1489	0.9203
	3 months	1.5421	0.1356	0.5854	0.5510	−1.5771	0.3172
	6 months	0.1511	0.8934	−0.4453	0.6747	−2.1591	0.1963
	9 months	−2.8063	0.1906	−2.3098	0.2312	−1.8951	0.5009
Completers	4–6 weeks	−0.8613	0.3351	−0.9071	0.2888	0.6305	0.6740
	3 months	−0.6056	0.5344	−0.8970	0.3311	0.2031	0.8978
	6 months	−0.1008	0.9177	−0.4522	0.6243	0.0695	0.9650
	9 months	0.6531	0.4705	0.4273	0.6223	−0.2294	0.8794
	12 months	1.6561	0.1874	1.7416	0.1350	0.6830	0.7105

Adjusted for preop score (baseline), APACHE II, and time-varying CES-D