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Summary of results from a two-stage randomised trial of medical vs. surgical treatment
| Actual treatment | Choice arm (Total sample size = m) | Random arm (Total sample size = n) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chose medical | Chose surgical | Undecided (and randomised) | |||
| Medical | Sample size | 19 | 45 | 49 | |
| Mean | 16.6 | 18.4 | 17.2 | ||
| SD | 8.7 | 10.7 | 5.2 | ||
| Surgical | Sample size | 21 | 45 | 48 | |
| Mean | 5.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| SD | 7.2 | 5.2 | 7.7 | ||
