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Table 8 Baseline self-assessed health status characteristics in the four different treatment combinations.

From: Hearing aid effectiveness after aural rehabilitation - individual versus group (HEARING) trial: RCT design and baseline characteristics

Characteristic

I-I

G-I

I-G

G-G

p-value

SF-12

     

   PCS (mean score ± SD)

34.2 ± 8.1

(160)

35.0 ± 8.3

(153)

34.2 ± 7.9

(154)

35.1 ± 8.3

(151)

0.64

   MCS(mean score ± SD)

44.6 ± 9.2

(160)

44.3 ± 8.8

(153)

44.2 ± 10.7

(154)

43.7 ± 9.5

(151)

0.86

SIC (mean score ± SD)

6.2 ± 3.4

(164)

6.3 ± 3.3

(160)

6.4 ± 3.5

(159)

6.1 ± 3.3

(161)

0.90

PHQ

     

   % with Major Depression

11.2

(161)

13.6

(155)

15.1

(159)

12.7

(157)

0.77

   % with Other Depression

5.0

(161)

6.5

(155)

4.4

(159)

7.0

(157)

0.72

   % with Panic

11.8

(161)

9.0

(155)

12.6

(159)

15.9

(157)

0.32

   % with Anxiety

8.7

(161)

10.3

(155)

12.6

(159)

10.8

(157)

0.73

   % with Excessive Alcohol

13.7

(161)

9.7

(155)

17.1

(158)

7.7

(156)

0.05

  1. Number of participants shown in parentheses.
  2. MCS = mental component score, PCS = physical component score, PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire, SD = standard deviation, SF-12 = SF-12 Health Survey, SIC = Seattle Index of Co-morbidity,