Table 2.
Patients who reported improvements ≥MCID for each SF‐36 domain and the FACIT–Fatigue score, by study yeara
| Study yearsb | SF‐36 Domains | FACIT–Fatigue | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bodily pain | General health | Mental health | Physical functioning | Role emotional | Role physical | Social functioning | Vitality | ||
| 1 (n = 268) | 148 (55.2) | 151 (56.3) | 139 (51.9) | 141 (52.6) | 111 (41.4) | 142 (53.0) | 127 (47.4) | 152 (56.7) | 135 (50.4) |
| 2 (n = 259) | 137 (52.9) | 148 (57.1) | 133 (51.4) | 129 (49.8) | 114 (44.0) | 139 (53.7) | 125 (48.3) | 144 (55.6) | 123 (47.5) |
| 3 (n = 244) | 135 (55.3) | 143 (58.6) | 116 (47.5) | 124 (50.8) | 98 (40.2) | 131 (53.7) | 124 (50.8) | 134 (54.9) | 119 (48.8) |
| 4 (n = 219) | 117 (53.4) | 127 (58.0) | 102 (46.6) | 112 (51.1) | 91 (41.6) | 113 (51.6) | 103 (47.0) | 122 (55.7) | 97 (44.3) |
| 5 (n = 202) | 109 (54.0) | 126 (62.4) | 100 (49.5) | 105 (52.0) | 82 (40.6) | 109 (54.0) | 93 (46.0) | 112 (55.4) | 108 (53.5) |
| 6 (n = 192) | 100 (52.1) | 100 (52.1) | 97 (50.5) | 100 (52.1) | 72 (37.5) | 96 (50.0) | 88 (45.8) | 98 (51.0) | 89 (46.4) |
a
For Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy (FACIT)–Fatigue improvements, the minimum clinically important difference (MCID) was ≥4 units. For Short Form 36 (SF‐36) improvements, the MCID was ≥5 units. Values are the number (%).
b
The n values in parentheses represent the number of non‐missing patients at each study interval.