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. 2020 Aug 27;37(18):2023–2027. doi: 10.1089/neu.2020.7115

Table 1.

Post-Treatment Change of Subjective Measures

Parameter All (n = 34)
Cervical (n = 23)
Thoracic (n = 11)
Pre Post p Pre Post p Pre Post p and (Z, r)
24-h ABPM
Total AD episodes 10 [6–21] 8 [4–13] 0.03 11 [8–22] 9 [6–16] 0.2 7 [5–15] 3 [1–7] 0.06 (−2, −0.6)
Bladder-related AD episodes 4.5 [2–8.8] 2 [1–4.8] 0.01 6 [1.5–10] 3 [1–5.5] 0.09 4 [2–6] 1 [0–2] 0.04 (−2, −0.6)
AD Symptoms
Frequency score 10 [8–13] 6 [3–9.8] <0.001 11 [8.5–13] 6 [3–9.5] 0.003 8 [5.5–13.5] 6 [3–9.5] 0.1 (−2, −0.6)
Severity score 7.5 [4.5–9] 4 [2–7.8] <0.001 8 [6–9.5] 4 [2–7.5] 0.002 7 [3–11.5] 5 [1–7.5] 0.05 (−2, −0.6)
I-QoL
Avoidance 56 [44–71] 78 [67–84] <0.001 59 [46–70] 81 [69–84] <0.001 56 [42–72] 75 [58–88] 0.006 (3, 0.9)
Psychosocial Impact 54 [32–82] 83 [65–96] <0.001 44 [34–80] 83 [69–97] <0.001 64 [38–86] 81 [54–92] 0.06 (2, 0.6)
Social embarrassment 42 [18–68] 72 [40–90] <0.001 40 [12–58] 80 [35–90] <0.001 45 [25–70] 65 [40–88] 0.004 (3, 0.9)
Total 50 [36–72] 78 [63–91] <0.001 42 [39–72] 81 [63–91] <0.001 58 [40–74] 73 [56–88] 0.01 (3, 0.9)

24-h ABPM, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring; AD, autonomic dysreflexia; I-QoL, incontinence quality of life; r Pearson correlation coefficient; Z, Z-score.

Data are presented as medians with interquartile ranges (25%- 5% IQR).