Table 2.
Analysis of all patients and the treatment groups no longer on follow‐up at our outpatient clinic, including the number of successfully contacted patients and their current treatment after leaving our outpatient clinic.
| All treatment groups | CD | BSP | ODT | HFS | SPAS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patients no longer on follow‐up at our outpatient clinic (% of analyzed treatment group patients) | 671 (50%) | 174 (33.5%) | 58 (36%) | 177 (62.5%) | 77 (41.8%) | 117 (63.6%) |
| No. of successfully contacted patients (% of patients no longer on follow‐up) | 143 (21.3%) | 51 (22.7%) | 14 (24.1%) | 35 (19.8%) | 21 (27.3%) | 22 (18.8%) |
| No specific treatment patients (% of successfully contacted patients no longer on follow‐up) | 50 (35.0%) | 12 (23.5%) | 7 (50%) | 17 (48.6%) | 9 (42.9%) | 5 (22.7%) |
| BoNT treatment outside our BoNT clinic (% of successfully contacted patients no longer on follow‐up) | 39 (27.3%) | 17 (33.3%) | 7 (50%) | 5 (14.3%) | 6 (28.6%) | 4 (18.2%) |
| Deep brain stimulation or surgery (% of successfully contacted patients no longer on follow‐up) | 7 (4.9%) | 5 (9.8%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (2.9%) | 1 (4.8%), microvascular decompression | 0 (0%) |
| Oral medication (% of successfully contacted patients no longer on follow‐up) | 12 (8.4%) | 7 (13.7%) | 0 (0%) | 4 (11.4%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4.5%) |
| Alternative non‐neurological treatment (% of successfully contacted patients no longer on follow‐up) | 24 (16.8%) | 7 (13.7%) | 0 (0%) | 5 (14.3%) | 2 (9.5%) | 10 (45.5%) |
| Return to our BoNT clinic (% of successfully contacted patients no longer on follow‐up) | 11 (7.7%) | 3 (5.9%) | 0 (0%) | 3 (8.6%) | 3 (14.3%) | 2 (9.1%) |