Table 3.
Mean (SD) scores for quality of life (SF-36) variables at each visit for treatment and no treatment groups (patients with complete data). Higher scores indicate better health
| Treatment
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No treatment
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F value | Treatment effect (points (95% CI)) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No of patients | Visit 1 (baseline) | Visit 2 or 3 | No of patients | Visit 1 (baseline) | Visit 2 or 3 | ||||
| At completion of treatment (visit 2) | |||||||||
| Physical functioning | 63 | 66.7 (32.6) | 66.6 (34.0) | 65 | 64.3 (31.0) | 64.9 (30.3) | 0.01 (P=0.92) | 0.33 (−6.25 to 6.90) | |
| Social functioning | 63 | 78.0 (25.7) | 81.1 (26.4) | 62 | 70.7 (28.5) | 73.9 (27.6) | 0.45 (P=0.50) | 2.5 (−4.89 to 9.88) | |
| Role (physical) | 63 | 63.1 (43.7) | 59.1 (45.0) | 62 | 54.0 (40.8) | 47.9 (42.1) | 0.79 (P=0.38) | 5.6 (−6.94 to 18.22) | |
| Role (emotional) | 63 | 78.3 (38.4) | 72.2 (41.0) | 63 | 62.7 (42.4) | 64.0 (42.9) | 0.03 (P=0.87) | 1.0 (−11.44 to 13.45) | |
| Mental health | 63 | 71.5 (18.1) | 76.9 (18.3) | 63 | 65.1 (19.5) | 66.1 (20.1) | 6.08 (P=0.02) | 6.63 (1.31 to 11.95) | |
| Energy/fatigue | 63 | 55.3 (20.7) | 59.8 (21.4) | 63 | 48.6 (22.2) | 50.8 (23.3) | 2.03 (P=0.16) | 3.95 (−1.54 to 9.44) | |
| Pain | 62 | 64.1 (28.8) | 69.0 (28.5) | 60 | 59.7 (23.1) | 62.0 (30.6) | 0.87 (P=0.35) | 3.96 (−4.44 to 12.36) | |
| Health perception | 58 | 64.9 (23.4) | 66.5 (25.5) | 63 | 57.7 (23.1) | 59.9 (23.5) | 0.01 (P=0.93) | 0.24 (−4.76 to 5.24) | |
| At completion of follow up (visit 3) | |||||||||
| Physical functioning | 59 | 67.7 (31.8) | 69.1 (30.2) | 56 | 64.6 (30.5) | 64.1 (30.4) | 0.55 (P=0.46) | 2.5 (−4.19 to 9.19) | |
| Social functioning | 58 | 77.4 (25.9) | 78.2 (26.1) | 55 | 74.0 (25.1) | 72.9 (28.4) | 0.55 (P=0.46) | 3.11 (−5.18 to 11.4) | |
| Role (physical) | 60 | 62.5 (44.5) | 61.7 (43.5) | 55 | 50.5 (40.7) | 51.4 (44.5) | 0.18 (P=0.67) | 2.86 (−10.34 to 16.06) | |
| Role (emotional) | 60 | 76.7 (39.5) | 70.8 (40.1) | 56 | 57.5 (42.9) | 58.3 (45.5) | 0.03 (P=0.87) | 1.07 (−12.26 to 14.41) | |
| Mental health | 58 | 70.8 (18.6) | 74.7 (17.8) | 55 | 65.2 (19.8) | 67.9 (19.7) | 1.58 (P=0.21) | 3.66 (−2.12 to 9.44) | |
| Energy/fatigue | 58 | 54.6 (20.4) | 56.1 (24.6) | 55 | 49.5 (21.2) | 51.0 (23.6) | 0.07 (P=0.80) | 0.81 (−5.45 to 7.06) | |
| Pain | 56 | 62.2 (28.5) | 60.7 (29.0) | 56 | 61.3 (23.9) | 55.8 (28.7) | 1.04 (P=0.80) | 4.29 (−4.03 to 12.6) | |
| Health perception | 55 | 63.2 (23.7) | 65.0 (25.8) | 55 | 58.4 (24.0) | 59.3 (26.0) | 0.28 (P=0.60) | 1.46 (−4.02 to 6.94) | |