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Table 4 Period from admission date to long term follow-up, and patient global impression of change, ever-surgery and current treatment status in long term follow-up group

From: Long term follow-up of cervical intervertebral disc herniation inpatients treated with integrated complementary and alternative medicine: a prospective case series observational study

Variables

n (%) / mean (sd)

Period from admission date to long term follow-up (days)

625.36 ± 196.7

No. of admissions

 1 admission

108 (92.3)

 2 admissions

5 (4.3)

 3 admissions

4 (3.4)

PGIC at discharge

 Very satisfied

41 (38.3)

 Satisfied

51 (47.7)

 Slightly satisfied

12 (11.2)

 Dissatisfied

3 (2.8)

 Very dissatisfied

PGIC at long term follow-up

 Very satisfied

48 (41.0)

 Satisfied

45 (38.5)

 Slightly satisfied

18 (15.4)

 Dissatisfied

6 (5.1)

 Very dissatisfied

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Ever-surgery after dischargea

 No

156 (7.6)

 Yes (1 surgery)

9 (92.4)

Current treatmentb

 None

96 (82.1)

 CAM

10 (8.5)

Conventional treatment

12 (10.3)

  1. PGIC patient global impression of change; CAM Complementary and alternative medicine
  2. aEver-surgery referred to cervical operations undertaken between discharge and long term follow-up
  3. bCurrent treatment included treatments received within a week previous to long term follow-up, and types were recategorized into CAM and conventional treatments