Table 4. N-of-1 randomized control trial data from [23].
Patient | Consecutive pairs of mean “active vs placebo” differences in 7-item questionnaire | Mean† | SD | Serial r | Usual P | Serial P |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
9 | 0.05/-0.22/0.57/0.36 | 0.19 | 0.35 | 0.24 | ‡0.10 | 0.25 |
18 | 0.64/1.08/-0.36/0.79/-0.64/1.50 | 0.50 | 0.83 | -0.49 | 0.10 | 0.02 |
23 | 1.22/1.07/-0.08/0.50 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.38 | ‡0.06 | 0.17 |
17 | -0.08/0.86/1.07/1.15 | 0.75 | 0.57 | 0.41 | 0.04 | 0.15 |
15 | 0.86/1.43/0.65/1.86 | 1.20 | 0.55 | -0.42 | 0.01 | <0.01 |
12 | 4.29/3.15/0.78/4.49 | 3.18 | 1.70 | -0.07 | 0.02 | 0.01 |
† Positive means indicate an improvement while taking amitriptyline. The table values in columns 1, 2, and 6 were reproduced from Table 1 on pg 449 of [23].
‡ Based on the data, the usual paired t-test returns one-sided p-values of 0.18 for Patient 9 and 0.05 for Patient 23.