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. 2020 Mar 6;20(6):1–109.

Table 10:

Patient and Physician Global Impression of Change, SENZA-RCT Study

Patient Rating Physician Rating
Global Impression of Changea 10-kHz High-Frequency SCS Conventional SCS Differenceb 10-kHz High-Frequency SCS Conventional SCS Differenceb
% Who Rated Symptoms Better or A Great Deal Better
12 months 56.8 37.6 19.2 74.1 50.0 24.1
24 months 63.5 36.6 26.9 68.6 48.6 20.0
% Who Rated Symptoms Little Better, Almost the Same, or No Change
12 months 12.4 31.4 −19.0 7.9 23.8 −15.9
24 months 20.0 30.9 −10.9 14.0 25.7 −11.7

Abbreviation: SCS, spinal cord stimulation.

a

Global Impression of Change is a 7-point Likert scale: a great deal better, better, moderately better, somewhat better, a little better, almost the same, no change.

b

Crude differences calculated for this health technology assessment.

Source: Kapural et al, 2016.30,31