Table 4. Subjective symptom severity at baseline visit (n = 1,025, discrepancies in totals for different variables are due to missing data).
| Subjective symptom severity | Number of patients |
|---|---|
| PGA | |
| Clear | 26 (2.6%) |
| Almost clear | 81 (8.0%) |
| Mild | 207 (20.5%) |
| Moderat | 299 (29.5%) |
| Severe | 287 (28.4%) |
| Very severe | 112 (11.1%) |
| DLQI | |
| DLQI, mean (SD) | 11.8 (7.8) (n = 1,012) |
| DLQI – Categories | |
| No effect at all on patient’s life (0 – 1) | 85 (8.4%) |
| Small effect on patient’s life (2 – 5) | 179 (17.7%) |
| Moderate effect on patient’s life (6 – 10) | 232 (22.9%) |
| Very large effect on patient’s life (11 – 20) | 356 (35.2%) |
| Extremely large effect on patient’s life (21 – 30) | 160 (15.8%) |
| POEM | |
| POEM, mean (SD) | 16.8 (7.6) (n = 1,014) |
| POEM – Categories | |
| Clear or almost clear (0 – 2) | 50 (4.9%) |
| Mild (3 – 7) | 93 (9.2%) |
| Moderate (8 – 16) | 316 (31.2%) |
| Severe (17 – 24) | 375 (37.0%) |
| Very severe (25 – 28) | 180 (17.8%) |
| Fatique, mean (SD) | 3.7 (1.6) (n = 1,011) |
| Fatique | |
| Fatique – Categories | |
| Normal (FSS ≤ 4) | 613 (60.6%) |
| Increased (FSS > 4 and ≤ 5) | 163 (16.1%) |
| High (FSS > 5) | 235 (23.2%) |
| CESD-D | |
| CESD-D, mean (SD) | 14.9 (10.1) (n = 1,014) |
| CESD-D – Categories | |
| No to mild depressive symptoms (0 to < 16) | 616 (60.7%) |
| Moderate depressive symptoms (≥ 16 to < 24) | 208 (20.5%) |
| Major depressive symptoms (≥ 24) | 190 (18.7%) |
SD = standard deviation.