Table 4.
Comparisons of clinical outcomes for three latent classes at the first contact
| Clinical Outcomes | Class A: Mild Symptoms Mean (SD) |
Class B: Physical Symptoms Mean (SD) |
Class C: Physical & Emotional Symptoms Mean (SD) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Number of Symptoms(1) | 4.5 (2.7) | 7.8 (2.5) | 9.7 (2.6) | <.0001 |
| Number of moderate-severe symptoms(2) | 0.9 (0.7) | 3.1 (1.0) | 5.0 (1.4) | <.0001 |
| Depression (CESD) | 8.2 (5.5) | 11.9 (6.0) | 17.7 (6.9) | <.0001 |
| Physical Functioning (SF-36) | 75.2 (21.2) | 53.8 (25.8) | 53.7 (25.0) | <.0001 |
| Physical Role Functioning (SF-36) | 38.7 (36.4) | 17.3 (28.2) | 10.3 (17.7) | <.0001 |
| Emotional Role Functioning (SF-36) | 82.2 (29.6) | 71.2 (36.4) | 53.3 (41.6) | <.0001 |
| General Health Perceptions (SF-36) | 66.4 (21.3) | 52.8 (21.4) | 45.8 (22.1) | <.0001 |
| Social Functioning (SF-36) | 79.1 (22.1) | 63.7 (24.1) | 53.1 (20.0) | <.0001 |
Note.
(1)
is the number of reported symptoms with any severity level greater than zero out of 16 symptoms.
(2)
is the number of moderate or severe symptom out of 8 symptoms used in LCA.