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J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 71:193-199 doi:10.1136/jnnp.71.2.193
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Health related quality of life is improved by botulinum neurotoxin type A in long term treated patients with focal dystonia

Table 4

SF-36 and EQ-5D measures over time and effect sizes of BoNT/A treatment within the HRQL dimensions assessed in 50 patients with focal dystonia

Cranial dystonia Cervical dystonia
Baseline First
follow up
Second
follow up
BoNT/A
effect size
Baseline First follow up Second
follow up
BoNT/A
effect size
SF-36:
 PF 63.6  (26.0) 70.8  (27.9)4-150 59.6  (29.6) 0.3  (0.6) 73.8  (22.7) 74.6  (27.5) 74.2  (23.1) 0.03  (0.9)
 SF 67.9 (27.5) 77.4 (25.3)4-160 68.4 (29.1) 0.4 (0.7) 74.4 (20.6) 83.0 (19.6)4-160 70.9 (24.1) 0.4 (0.6)
 RP 53.0 (34.1) 63.0 (37.6)4-150 49.0 (37.8) 0.3 (0.6) 52.0 (31.4) 64.0 (35.4)4-150 46.0 (29.5) 0.4 (0.7)
 RE 61.2 (41.6) 75.8 (34.1)4-150 59.8 (40.8) 0.4 (0.8) 75.9 (39.2) 78.5 (33.3) 73.2 (37.3) 0.1 (0.4)
 MH 62.2 (16.9) 70.9 (21.0)4-160 66.4 (18.9) 0.5 (0.7) 62.7 (19.0) 74.6 (14.4)4-160 59.0 (21.6) 0.7 (1.0)
 VIT 54.8 (22.0) 63.2 (24.6)4-150 53.6 (24.3) 0.4 (0.7) 55.6 (22.4) 64.8 (23.0)4-160 55.0 (23.8) 0.4 (0.7)
 BP 60.5 (24.3) 64.2 (27.8) 60.8 (27.6) 0.2 (0.6)4-151 55.7 (25.0) 74.2 (20.5)4-160 57.5 (26.5) 0.8 (0.9)4-151
 GH 47.8 (18.1) 51.3 (19.6) 48.3 (19.8) 0.2 (0.7) 53.2 (19.6) 52.3 (18.1) 49.0 (18.5) −0.1 (0.7)
EQ-5D:
 UI 0.59 (0.26) 0.66 (0.29) 0.63 (0.27) 0.3 (0.9) 0.60 (0.24) 0.76 (0.21)4-160 0.66 (0.21) 0.6 (0.9)
 VAS 59.6 (19.9) 67.4 (21.4)4-150 62.2 (20.3) 0.4 (0.9) 57.0 (21.2) 69.2 (18.0)4-150 58.8 (15.9) 0.6 (1.1)
  • 4-150 p<0.05;

  • 4-160 p<0.01 for difference of first follow up assessment compared with baseline (paired ttest); no significant differences between second follow up and baseline assessments;

  • 4-151 p<0.01 for difference in BoNT/A effect size between cranial and cervical dystonia (unpaired ttest); BoNT/A effect size=(first follow up score–baseline score)/1 SD of baseline scores; PF=physical functioning; SF=social functioning; RP=role-physical; RE=role-emotional; MH=mental health; VIT=vitality; BP=bodily pain; GH=general health; UI=utility index; VAS=visual analogue scale.

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