Table 2. Clinical outcomes of adherent and non-adherent patients.
| Adherent (n = 64) | Non-adherent (n = 14) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Skew | Kurtosis | N | Mean | SD | Min | Max | Skew | Kurtosis | |
| Age | 65 | 19.34 | 4.01 | 12 | 25 | -0.15 | -1.27 | 14 | 19.50 | 3.44 | 14 | 24 | -0.27 | -1.07 |
| Self-reported adherence (VERITAS-Pro) | ||||||||||||||
| Log Timing** | 65 | 6.14 | 1.41 | 4 | 12 | 0.06 | -1.23 | 14 | 12.06 | 1.32 | 7 | 17 | -0.61 | -0.61 |
| Log Planning** | 65 | 6.22 | 1.49 | 4 | 16 | 0.47 | -0.79 | 14 | 10.16 | 1.39 | 6 | 16 | -0.14 | -0.95 |
| Remembering | 65 | 7.28 | 2.27 | 4 | 11 | 0.01 | -1.15 | 14 | 12.38 | 2.59 | 8 | 17 | -0.05 | -0.37 |
| Log Skipping** | 65 | 5.01 | 1.35 | 4 | 15 | -0.08 | -1.31 | 14 | 7.06 | 1.56 | 4 | 14 | -0.08 | -1.31 |
| Communicating** | 65 | 12.07 | 4.14 | 4 | 20 | -0.13 | -0.67 | 14 | 15.26 | 2.65 | 9 | 18 | -1.17 | 1.02 |
| Sum** | 65 | 37.87 | 7.24 | 20 | 51 | -0.17 | -0.35 | 14 | 58.50 | 5.60 | 53 | 73 | 1.80 | 2.88 |
| Clinical information | ||||||||||||||
| Pain severity┬ | 62 | 2.94 | 1.41 | 0 | 6 | 0.30 | -0.87 | 13 | 3.15 | 1.73 | 0 | 6 | 0.07 | -1.42 |
| Impact of pain┬ | 64 | 2.16 | 1.25 | 0 | 5 | 1.05 | 0.08 | 13 | 2.46 | 1.71 | 0 | 6 | 0.66 | -1.14 |
| Log Total bleeds**┬┬ | 60 | 3.34 | 2.70 | 0 | 26 | 0.35 | -0.88 | 14 | 1.41 | 1.79 | 0 | 4 | 1.54 | 1.49 |
| Log Hospital visits*┬┬ | 49 | 2.82 | 2.62 | 0 | 19 | 0.46 | -1.12 | 11 | 1.95 | 1.95 | 0 | 8 | 0.85 | 0.47 |
Where transformation has been undertaken the geometric mean and SD are shown. Difference between adherence and non-adherent (*p<0.05, **p<0.001) as measured by independent t-test.
┬during previous 4 weeks,
┬┬during previous 6 months.