Table 3.
Scores of Version 2 benefit assessment scale baseline (n=91)
| Importance | ||||||||
| Item | Missing | Does not apply to me now n (%) | Not at all n (%) | Some-what n (%) | Moderately n (%) | Quite n (%) | Very n (%) | |
| Failed* n (%) | n.d.† n (%) | |||||||
| Better | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 8 (8.8) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 17 (18.7) | 62 (68.1) |
| Weight | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 57 (62.6) | 10 (11.0) | 4 (4.4) | 7 (7.7) | 3 (3.3) | 8 (8.8) |
| Condition | 0 | 0 | 17 (18.7) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 6 (6.6) | 31 (34.1) | 34 (37.4) |
| Energy | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 18 (19.8) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 3 (3.3) | 33 (36.3) | 35 (38.5) |
| Pain | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 33 (36.3) | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 4 (4.4) | 9 (9.9) | 41 (45.1) |
| Bowel movements | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 58 (63.7) | 4 (4.4) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 12 (13.2) | 13 (14.3) |
| Urinate | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 64 (70.3) | 4 (4.6) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 10 (11.0) | 11 (12.1) |
| Shortness of breath | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 39 (42.9) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.3) | 5 (5.5) | 11 (12.1) | 32 (35.2) |
| Walking | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 32 (35.2) | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.3) | 5 (5.5) | 16 (17.6) | 33 (36.3) |
| Moving | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 35 (38.5) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 5 (5.5) | 18 (19.8) | 29 (31.9) |
| Appetite | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 55 (60.4) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 6 (6.6) | 9 (9.9) | 16 (17.6) |
| Knowing what is wrong | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 32 (35.2) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 12 (13.2) | 41 (45.1) |
| Disease under control | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 10 (11.0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 15 (16.5) | 63 (69.2) |
| Alive | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 13 (14.3) | 71 (78.0) |
| Enjoy | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 20 (22.0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 13 (14.3) | 54 (59.3) |
| Freedom | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 31 (34.1) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 1 (1.1) | 12 (13.2) | 45 (49.5) |
| Cooking | 0 | 2 (2.3) | 51 (56.0) | 1 (1.1) | 4 (4.4) | 2 (2.2) | 14 (15.4) | 17 (18.7) |
| Housework | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 51 (56.0) | 2 (2.2) | 5 (5.5) | 5 (5.5) | 10 (11.0) | 17 (18.7) |
| Groceries | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 42 (46.2) | 1 (1.1) | 5 (5.5) | 9 (9.9) | 12 (13.2) | 21 (23.1) |
| Wash and dress | 0 | 2 (2.3) | 51 (56.0) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 14 (15.4) | 22 (24.2) |
| Garden | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 48 (52.7) | 2 (2.2) | 1 (1.1) | 8 (8.8) | 10 (11.0) | 21 (23.1) |
| Sports | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 46 (50.5) | 7 (7.7) | 2 (2.2) | 9 (9.9) | 7 (7.7) | 19 (20.9) |
| Hobbies | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 39 (42.9) | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 4 (4.4) | 13 (14.3) | 31 (34.1) |
| Work | 0 | 3 (3.3) | 63 (69.2) | 3 (3.3) | 0 | 4 (4.4) | 7 (7.7) | 11 (12.1) |
| Driving | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 46 (50.2) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 8 (8.8) | 32 (35.2) |
| Outings | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 28 (30.8) | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.3) | 8 (8.8) | 19 (20.9) | 31 (34.1) |
| Visiting | 0 | 3 (3.3) | 28 (30.8) | 1 (1.1) | 4 (4.4) | 6 (6.6) | 19 (20.9) | 30 (33.0) |
| Family life | 0 | 4 (4.4) | 39 (42.9) | 0 | 0 | 2 (2.2) | 12 (13.2) | 34 (37.4) |
| Home | 0 | 2 (2.3) | 21 (23.1) | 1 (1.1) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 4 (4.4) | 62 (68.1) |
| Independence | 1 (1.1) | 3 (3.3) | 29 (31.9) | 0 | 1 (1.1) | 2 (2.2) | 6 (6.6) | 49 (53.8) |
*Measurement failed: invalid answer due to two options filled in.
†No answer was given.
n.d., not done.