Table.
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with SMON.
| Control | SMON | Statistical analysis | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Male | Female | |||||||||||
| No. of cases | 32 | 16 | 4 | 12 | |||||||||
| Male (%) | 43.8 | 25.0 | a) χ2=1.60; p=n.s. | ||||||||||
| Age at examination (y) | 74.9 | ± | 6.1 | 77.8 | ± | 8.6 | 80.3 | ± | 8.8 | 76.9 | ± | 8.4 | b) p=n.s. |
| Pre-telephone service | |||||||||||||
| GDS | 3.3 | ± | 2.6 | 6.9 | ± | 4.3# | 4.5 | ± | 3.6 | 7.8 | ± | 4.2# | b) p<0.01 |
| AS | 9.5 | ± | 5.9 | 14.8 | ± | 8.3 | 9.8 | ± | 7.6 | 16.5 | ± | 7.8 | b) p<0.05 |
| STAI (X-I) total | 34.2 | ± | 9.3 | 45.1 | ± | 11.3## | 40.5 | ± | 6.5 | 46.7 | ± | 12.1## | b) p<0.001 |
| STAI (X-I) P value | 20.3 | ± | 6.3 | 26.5 | ± | 7.3# | 20.8 | ± | 3.9 | 28.4 | ± | 7.6## | b) p<0.01 |
| STAI (X-I) A value | 14.1 | ± | 5.9 | 18.6 | ± | 5.7# | 19.8 | ± | 5.7 | 18.3 | ± | 6.2 | b) p<0.01 |
| Post-telephone service | |||||||||||||
| GDS | 7.0 | ± | 3.0 | 7.0 | ± | 1.9 | 7.0 | ± | 3.3 | b) p=n.s. | |||
| AS | 15.5 | ± | 9.4 | 12.0 | ± | 6.7 | 16.7 | ± | 9.8 | b) p=n.s. | |||
| STAI (X-I) total | 34.9 | ± | 9.6 | 42.0 | ± | 8.1 | 32.5 | ± | 8.9 | b) p=n.s. | |||
| STAI (X-I) P value | 22.6 | ± | 7.7 | 27.0 | ± | 5.8 | 21.2 | ± | 8.2 | b) p=n.s. | |||
| STAI (X-I) A value | 12.3 | ± | 3.2 | 15.0 | ± | 4.8 | 11.3 | ± | 2.1 | b) p=n.s. | |||
| Answer for telephone service | |||||||||||||
| No problem (%) | 64.5 | 53.0 | 68.3 | b) p=n.s. | |||||||||
| Request call back (%) | 7.4 | 8.8 | 7.0 | b) p=n.s. | |||||||||
| Error (%) | 28.1 | 38.3 | 24.7 | b) p=n.s. | |||||||||
Data are expressed mean±SD.
Dunn’s multiple comparisons: #p<0.05 vs. control; ##p<0.01 vs. control.
a)chi square test; b)Kruskal–Wallis test.
AS: apathy score, GDS: geriatric depression scale, n.s.: not significant, SD: standard deviation, SMON: subacute myelo-optico neuropathy, STAI: state-trait anxiety inventory