Table 2.

QOL and differences between patients who report and those who do not report an ADE

	Total	Patients not reporting an ADE	Patients reporting ≥1 ADEs	P-value	Effect size d
Number of patients	135	98	37
Mean QOL (SD)
Median general QOL score (IQR)	8.0 (6.0-8.0)	8.0 (7.0-8.0)	7.0 (6.0-8.0)	.021†	−0.53
Physical health	14.9 (2.5)	15.2 (2.4)	14.0 (2.6)	.009*	−0.50
Psychological health	14.7 (2.4)	15.0 (2.4)	14.1 (2.5)	.064*	−0.38
Social relationships	14.5 (2.6)	14.6 (2.7)	14.4 (2.6)	.666*	−0.07
Environment	16.0 (2.2)	16.2 (2.2)	15.6 (2.3)	.134*	−0.27

QOL = Quality of life; ADE = Adverse drug event; SD = Standard deviation; IQR = Interquartile range.

† = Mann–Whitney U-test; * = T-test.