Table 2.

Item descriptive statistics of 45 patients with (treated) primary aldosteronism (phase III).

Item	Question	Mean				Distribution of responses (n = 45)a
		Total (n = 45)	Untreated (n = 15)	MRA (n = 15)	ADX (n = 15)	1	2	3	4
1	Have you had headaches?	1.38	1.53	1.40	1.20	30	13	2	0
2	Have you had muscle weakness?	1.38	1.40	1.60	1.23	33	8	3	1
3	Have you been physically limited?	1.73	2.00	1.87	1.33	24	13	4	4
4	Have you lacked energy?	1.89	2.20	1.93	1.53	17	19	6	3
5	Have you felt restless or agitated?	1.47	1.80	1.40	1.20	30	10	4	1
6	Have you felt physically exhausted?	1.56	1.93	1.53	1.20	27	14	1	3
7	Have you felt mentally exhausted?	1.47	1.67	1.40	1.33	31	10	1	3
8	Have you had to urinate frequently during the day?	1.69	1.87	1.60	1.60	22	15	8	0
9	Have you had to urinate frequently at night?	2.04	2.07	2.27	1.80	11	23	9	2
10	Have you felt overly thirsty?	1.58	1.93	1.47	1.33	28	8	9	0
11	Have you taken large quantities of fluid?	1.56	1.87	1.33	1.47	28	9	8	0
12	Have you woken up for long periods during the night?	1.71	1.53	1.93	1.67	23	14	6	2
13	Have you, as far as you know, snored?	2.09	2.33	1.87	2.07	15	16	9	5
14	Did you feel sleepy during the day?	1.84	2.20	1.67	1.67	16	22	6	2
15	Have you felt tired (not rested) when you woke up?	1.84	2.20	1.80	1.53	20	14	9	2
16	Have you worried about the consequences of your high blood pressure?	1.64	2.07	1.57	1.40	24	15	4	2
17	Have you been worried about the consequences of the elevated levels of aldosterone?	1.76	2.27	1.67	1.33	21	16	6	2
18	Have you worried about your treatment causing future health problems?	1.71	1.87	1.93	1.33	22	15	7	1
19	Have you been worried about the side effects of your treatment?	1.71	2.00	1.80	1.33	23	14	6	2
20	Have you felt frustrated about the number of pills that you are taking?	1.93	2.20	1.87	1.73	22	10	7	6
21	Have you felt impatient?	1.49	1.67	1.60	1.20	29	11	4	1
22	Did you feel irritable?	1.69	2.00	1.67	1.40	22	16	6	1
23	Did you get angry easily?	1.58	1.73	1.60	1.40	25	15	4	1
24b	Have you had difficulty in concentrating on things, like reading a newspaper or watching television?	1.36	1.40	1.33	1.33	32	11	1	1
25	Have you had difficulty remembering things?	1.58	1.60	1.60	1.53	23	19	2	1
26	Have you had swelling in your legs or ankles?	1.47	1.80	1.40	1.20	31	9	3	2
27	Have you felt frustrated about a possible delay in the diagnosis of primary aldosteronism?	1.49	2.00	1.33	1.13	31	6	8	0
28	Have you felt worried about the diagnosis?	1.53	2.07	1.33	1.20	28	11	5	1
29	Have you had decreased libido?	1.82	1.93	1.80	1.73	25	8	7	5
30	For men: Did you have difficulty obtaining or maintaining an erection?	1.68 n = 34	1.78 n = 9	2.08 n = 13	1.17 n = 12	22	4	5	3

Patients were untreated, after adrenalectomy (ADX) or on mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MRA).

^a1 = not at all; 2 = a little; 3 = quite a bit; 4 = very much; ^bitem deleted based on pre-defined criteria (see text).