Table 2 Baseline Instrument Scores by Country
| Â | Â | US (N = 148) | Canadian English (N = 66) | Canadian French (N = 16) | French (N = 18) | German (N = 37) | Italian (N = 22) | Spanish (N = 24) | Swedish (N = 9) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ASQOL | Mean (SD) | 9.5 (4.4) | 11.4 (4.4) | 10.9 (3.6) | 10.5 (3.9) | 10.6 (3.7) | 12.1 (4.5) | 11.8 (4.1) | 7.2 (3.9) |
|  | Median (IQR) | 10.0 (6.0–10.0) | 12.5 (8.0–15.0) | 10.0 (9.3–12.8) | 11.5 (9.0–13.0) | 11.0 (9.0–14.0) | 12.5 (8.8–16.0) | 12.5 (9.0–15.0) | 7.0 (3.0–10.0) |
|  | Range | 1–18 | 0–18 | 2–17 | 2–17 | 2–18 | 3–17 | 3–18 | 3–14 |
| Â | % Scoring, min | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Â | % Scoring, max | 4.7 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 |
Patient VAS* | Mean (SD) | 62.8 (21.5) | 68.8 (17.6) | 59.8 (22.6) | 51.8 (19.7) | 66.0 (18.9) | 69.9 (23.3) | 64.2 (18.6) | 45.7 (22.3) |
|  | Median (IQR) | 66.0 (50.3–79.0) | 69.5 (58.8–82.3) | 58.0 (46.5–82.5) | 46.5 (39.0–66.8) | 67.0 (54.0–81.5) | 78.0 (58.0–88.0) | 66.0 (45.0–79.0) | 38.0 (26.5–67.5) |
|  | Range | 7–100 | 19–97 | 9–92 | 16–88 | 19–100 | 9–97 | 32–100 | 18–78 |
SF-36 Question 1# | Excellent (%) | 7 (4.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
| Â | Very Good (%) | 18 (12.2%) | 9 (13.6%) | 1 (6.3%) | 0 (0) | 1 (2.7%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 4 (44.4%) |
| Â | Good (%) | 73 (49.3%) | 22 (33.3%) | 3 (68.8%) | 7 (38.9%) | 5 (13.5%) | 1 (4.5%) | 3 (12.5%) | 2 (22.2%) |
| Â | Fair (%) | 38 (25.7%) | 25 (37.9%) | 11 (18.8%) | 8 (44.4%) | 22 (59.5%) | 10 (45.5%) | 10 (41.7%) | 1 (11.1%) |
| Â | Poor (%) | 11 (7.4%) | 10 (15.2%) | 1 (6.3%) | 3 (16.7%) | 9 (24.3%) | 11 (50.0%) | 11 (45.8%) | 2 (22.2%) |