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n % Age, yrs 20–39 20 3.8 40–49 39 7.5 50–59 114 21.9 60–69 164 31.5 70+ 184 35.3 Female 422 81.0 Race White 454 87.1 Hispanic 27 5.2 Black 19 3.6 Asian 14 2.7 Other/missing 7 1.3 Current smoker (n = 4 missing) 27 5.2 BMI category (n = 12 missing) Underweight 21 4.1 Healthy weight 209 41.1 Overweight 150 29.5 Obese 129 25.3 General healtha 1: Poor 29 6.6 2: Fair 134 25.7 3: Good 199 38.3 4: Very good 132 25.4 5: Excellent 26 5.0 Mean (SD) Median (IQR; Min, Max) Baseline PROMIS fatigue score 53.7 (8.8) 54 (48–59; 29, 83) Baseline PROMIS pain interference score 55.2 (8.6) 56 (51–61; 41, 78) Baseline PROMIS physical function score 40.7 (9.0) 40 (35–46; 14, 62) ↵a In general, would you say your “current” health is? PROMIS: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.
- Table 2.
Mean PROMIS change scores in “a little worse/better” subgroups for fatigue and pain interference.
N Mean PROMIS Change (SD) ESa Baseline to 6 months Fatigue A lot better 21 −3.0 (6.3) −0.48 A little better 41 -2.6 (4.8) -0.55 Stayed the same 251 −0.7 (5.6) −0.12 A little worse 119 +1.7 (5.6) +0.31 A lot worse 30 +3.8 (7.0) +0.54 Pain interference A lot better 19 −1.8 (5.4) −0.33 A little better 60 -1.9 (6.1) -0.31 Stayed the same 224 −0.4 (5.9) −0.06 A little worse 126 +0.6 (5.7) +0.11 A lot worse 32 +5.5 (6.6) +0.84 6 months to 12 months Fatigue A lot better 16 −1.9 (9.0) −0.21 A little better 31 -1.3 (6.5) -0.21 Stayed the same 225 +0.3 (5.8) +0.05 A little worse 133 +0.9 (5.6) +0.17 A lot worse 27 +3.8 (5.8) +0.65 Pain interference A lot better 20 −5.4 (8.2) −0.66 A little better 53 -1.8 (5.7) -0.32 Stayed the same 208 −0.4 (6.7) −0.06 A little worse 122 +1.5 (5.0) +0.31 A lot worse 28 +4.6 (6.2) +0.74 The self-reported retrospective changes that were used to estimate the meaningful change thresholds are indicated in bold.
↵a ES = mean change/SD.
ES: effect size; PROMIS: Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System.
