Table 10:
Patient Rating | Physician Rating | |||||
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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.
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.
Crude differences calculated for this health technology assessment.