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Table 5.

Problems and complaints

	Total		Poland		France		Germany		Test result p < 0.05
	mean values	percentage	mean values	percentage	mean values	percentage	mean values	percentage	Test result p < 0.05
Number of patients	570	100	190	33.33	190	33.33	190	33.33
Constipation, diarrhoea	412	72.28	132	69.47	139	73.16	141	74.21	0.323
Back pain	339	59.47	118	62.11	102	53.68	119	62.63	0.096
Dizziness	325	57.01	122	64.21	102	53.68	101	53.15	0.037^a
Feeling of heavy legs	307	53.85	107	56.32	103	54.21	97	51.05	0.680
Arthralgia	291	51.05	106	55.79	83	43.68	102	53.68	0.018^a
Feeling of sadness and mood depression	171	30.00	84	44.21	30	15.79	57	30.01	0.000^a
Sleep disturbances	196	34.38	56	29.47	48	25.26	92	48.42	0.264
Continuous feeling of tiredness	159	27.89	69	36.32	37	19.47	53	27.90	0.014^a
Concentration difficulties	252	44.21	88	46.32	80	42.11	84	44.22	0.293
Slowness/agitation	209	36.66	82	43.16	48	25.26	79	41.57	0.445
Appetite disturbances	169	29.64	22	11.58	91	47.89	56	29.47	0.000^a
Degree of difficulty in everyday functioning
a) no difficulty	27	4.73	18	9.47	0	0	9	4.73
b) medium	338	59.29	92	48.42	133	70.00	113	59.47	0.398
c) high	205	35.96	80	42.11	57	30.00	68	35.78
General subjective health assessment:
a) good	151	26.48	48	25.26	53	27.89	50	26.31
b) medium	166	29.12	66	34.74	45	23.68	55	28.94	0.462
c) bad	253	44.38	76	40.00	92	48.42	85	44.73	0.462
Subjective physical pain:
a) no pain	95	16.66	32	16.84	27	14.21	36	18.94
b) medium	336	62.98	107	56.32	122	64.22	135	71.04	0.007^a
c) strong	111	19.46	51	26.84	41	21.58	19	9.99	0.007^a

^aStatistically significant values