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. 2016 Mar 1;14:35. doi: 10.1186/s12955-016-0438-2

Table 2.

PGI and mean changes from baseline in NRS and EQ-5D utility scores

n PGI Effective dNRS Week 4 (∆) p dEQ-5D Week 4 (∆) p
Baseline Week 4 (∆) Baseline Week 4 (∆)
Overall 710 614 (86.5) 7.1 [1.9] 2.7 [2.3] <0.0001 0.51 [0.20] 0.16 [0.20] <0.0001
Major the causal disease of pain (multiple allowed)
 Osteoarthritis 182 168 (92.3) 7.0 [2.0] 2.9 [2.3] <0.0001 0.53 [0.15] 0.17 [0.19] <0.0001
 Lumbago 285 253 (88.8) 7.4 [1.8] 2.9 [2.4] <0.0001 0.47 [0.23] 0.19 [0.22] <0.0001
 Rheumatoid arthritis 29 21 (72.4) 6.4 [2.1] 1.7 [2.0] 0.0002 0.51 [0.18] 0.10 [0.15] 0.0018
 Neck, shoulder and arm syndrome 44 38 (86.4) 7.5 [1.7] 2.8 [2.2] <0.0001 0.61 [0.14] 0.12 [0.18] <0.0001
 Postherpetic neuralgia 54 46 (85.2) 6.7 [2.1] 2.9 [2.1] <0.0001 0.58 [0.17] 0.15 [0.16] <0.0001
 Periarthritis scapulohumeralis 46 39 (84.8) 7.4 [1.8] 2.2 [1.7] <0.0001 0.55 [0.13] 0.12 [0.16] <0.0001
 Spinal stenosis 61 47 (77.0) 7.1 [2.0] 2.5 [2.6] <0.0001 0.53 [0.10] 0.12 [0.16] <0.0001
 Disk herniation 30 27 (90.0) 6.8 [1.8] 2.7 [2.4] <0.0001 0.50 [0.19] 0.17 [0.20] <0.0001
 Others 233 196 (84.1) 6.9 [2.0] 2.5 [2.6] <0.0001 0.52 [0.18] 0.13 [0.20] <0.0001

dEQ-5D denotes change in EuroQol-5D, dNRS change in numeric rating scale, PGI physician’s global impression