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. 2017 Mar 27;18:67. doi: 10.1186/s12891-017-1424-5

Table 3.

Length of episodes

Length of episode (weeks) Study year 1 (2011–2012) (n a = 550) Study year 2 (2012–2013) (n a = 746) Study year 3 (2013–2014) (n a = 660)
1 59.1% 325 56.6% 422 51.2% 338
2 13.1% 72 14.7% 110 17.9% 118
3 7.4% 41 6.7% 50 7.3% 48
4 4.4% 24 4.9% 37 6.2% 41
5 3.6% 20 3.1% 23 2.9% 19
6 2.2% 12 1.5% 11 3.5% 23
7 2.2% 12 2.1% 16 1.5% 10
8 1.1% 6 1.5% 11 0.3% 2
9 1.1% 6 0.7% 5 0.4% 3
10 1.1% 6 0.9% 7 1.2% 8
11 1.1% 6 0.3% 2 0.5% 3
12 0.7% 4 0.4% 3 0.6% 4
≥13 2.9% 16 6.6% 49 6.5% 43
100% 550 100% 746 100% 660
Median # weeks (IQR) 1 (1–3) 1 (1–3) 1 (1–3)
Mean # weeks (SD) 2.6 (2.9) 2.9 (3.3) 3 (3.3)

a = Number of episodes per school year