Table 3.
Symptom score 0-48 months
| Symptom score (0-10) | N |
0 months |
48 months |
0-48 month difference |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (95%-CI) | Mean (95%-CI) | Mean (95% CI) | P-value | |||
| All evaluable patients |
908 |
5.96 (5.84-6.07) |
2.75 (2.62-2.88) |
3.21 |
(3.05-3.37) |
<0.001 |
| Still being treated by study physician? | ||||||
| -Yes |
571 |
5.85 (5.70-6.01) |
2.72 (2.57-2.88) |
3.13 |
(2.94-3.33) |
<0.001 |
| -No |
337 |
6.13 (5.94-6.31) |
2.79 (2.55-3.03) |
3.34 |
(3.06-3.61) |
<0.001 |
| --No: “Positive” reasons |
120 |
6.09 (5.77-6.41) |
1.52 (1.28-1.76) |
4.57 |
(4.17-4.96) |
<0.001 |
| --No: “Neutral” reasons |
108 |
6.13 (5.81-6.46) |
3.43 (3.00-3.85) |
2.71 |
(2.29-3.12) |
<0.001 |
| --No: “Negative” reasons | 109 | 6.16 (5.83-6.49) | 3.55 (3.09-4.00) | 2.61 | (2.07-3.15) | <0.001 |
Respondents at 48-month follow-up with available baseline score. CI Confidence interval. “Positive” reasons: full recovery or improvement. “Neutral” reasons: practical reasons (e. g. patient or physician had moved, physician had stopped practicing or financial reasons) or other reasons. “Negative” reasons: choice of other treatment or dissatisfaction with physician.