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. 2012 Jan 31;34(1):30–38. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehr504

Table 1.

Baseline health-related quality of life

FCM (n= 304) Placebo (n= 155)
HRQoL: EQ-5D
 Visual analogue scale
  Missing data, n (%) 9 (3) 3 (2)
  Mean ± SEM 54 ± 1 54 ± 1
 Index score (×100)
  Missing data, n (%) 6 (2) 1 (1)
  Mean ± SEM 68 ± 1 69 ± 1
 Patients reporting any problem by domain
  Mobility, n (%) 245 (81) 131 (85)
  Self-care, n (%) 146 (49) 79 (51)
  Usual activity, n (%) 232 (77) 124 (81)
  Pain/discomfort, n (%) 228 (76) 117 (75)
  Anxiety/depression, n (%) 194 (65) 97 (63)

HRQoL: KCCQ
 Missing data, n (%) 7 (2) 4 (3)
 Overall summary score, mean ± SEM 52 ± 1 53 ± 1
 Clinical summary score, mean ± SEM 55 ± 1 55 ± 1
 Total symptom score, mean ± SEM 59 ± 1 59 ± 2
 Physical limitation, mean ± SEM 52 ± 1 52 ± 2
 Symptom burden, mean ± SEM 59 ± 1 60 ± 1
 Symptom frequency, mean ± SEM 59 ± 1 58 ± 2
 Symptom stability, mean ± SEM 54 ± 1 53 ± 1
 Self-efficacy, mean ± SEM 64 ± 1 63 ± 2
 Quality of life, mean ± SEM 47 ± 1 48 ± 2
 Social limitation, mean ± SEM 51 ± 2 51 ± 2

Visual Analogue Scale and Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire overall summary score data were previously published, and are included here for context.16

KCCQ, Kansas City Cardiomyopathy Questionnaire.