Table 5.
Types of treatment expectation concepts
| Outcome Structural Process Timeline | Timeline/Nontimeline | Desirable/Undesirable | General Internal Fxn/QoL External | Study Numbera | % of Total (N = 90) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Desirable | General | 24 | 27 |
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Desirable | Internal | 61 | 68 |
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Desirable | Fxn/QoL | 65 | 72 |
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Desirable | External | 0 | 0 |
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Undesirable | General | 9 | 10 |
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Undesirable | Internal | 4 | 4.4 |
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Undesirable | Fxn/QoL | 0 | 0 |
| Outcome | Nontimeline | Undesirable | External | 0 | 0 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Desirable | General | 5 | 5.6 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Desirable | Internal | 1 | 1.1 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Desirable | Fxn/QoL | 1 | 1.1 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Desirable | External | 0 | 0 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Undesirable | General | 0 | 0 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Undesirable | Internal | 0 | 0 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Undesirable | Fxn/QoL | 1 | 1.1 |
| Outcome | Timeline | Undesirable | External | 0 | 0 |
| Structural | 1 | 1.1 | |||
| Process | Nontimeline | 3 | 3.3 | ||
| Process | Timeline | 2 | 2.2 | ||
| Timeline | 2 | 2.2 |
Abbreviation: Fxn/QoL, Function/Quality of Life. aNumber of studies sum to more than 90 because studies may include multiple types of expectation concepts.