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Table 5 Total scores and change of scores on individual measures (n = 98)

From: Patient reported outcome measures (PROMs) in primary care: an observational pilot study of seven generic instruments

  

Baseline score

Score after four weeks

Score difference

Instrument (n)

Theoretical range of scale

Median

Min.

Max.

IQR

Median

Min.

Max.

IQR

Median

Min.

Max.

IQR

PAM-13 (47)

0 - 100

56.4

41.7

100.0

49.9 - 70.8

56.4

40.1

100.0

49.9 - 70.8

0.0

−43.6

38.9

−2.8 to 6.7

EC-17 (36)a

0 - 100

76.5

55.9

100.0

75.0 - 83.8

80.3

63.2

98.5

75.0 - 88.1

0.0

−10.9

36.8

−2.4 to 4.4

EQ-5D (45)

0 - 1

0.84

0.15

1.00

0.79 - 0.89

0.84

0.25

1.00

0.81 - 1.0

0.00c

−0.44

0.28

0.00 to 0.11

EQ- VAS (47)

0 - 100

70.0

30

100

60.0 - 80.0

75.0

40

100

70.0 - 80.0

0.0

−25.0

20.0

−5.0 to 10.0

SF-12 PCS (42)

0 - 100

42.3

18.7

60.5

32.4 - 53.5

49.8

17.8

58.9

37.5 - 54.4

2.0c

−15.3

28.8

−1.3 to 7.1

SF-12 MCS (42)

0 - 100

56.0

17.3

65.8

48.7 - 59.0

54.1

19.8

62.7

49.3 - 58.9

0.0

−25.8

20.9

−6.3 to 4.4

GHQ-12 (97)

0 - 36b

9.0

3.0

26.0

7.0 - 13.0

8.0

3.0

25.0

7.0 - 12.0

0.0

−13.0

10.0

−2.0 to 2.0

PEI (97)

0 - 12

0.0

0.0

6.0

0.0 - 2.5

0.0

0.0

12.0

0.0 - 2.0

0.0

−6.0

8.0

−0.5 to 0.0

GPE (89)

1 - 7

4.0

2

7

4.0 - 5.0

4.0

3

7

4.0 - 6.0

0.0 c

−3.0

3.0

0.0 to 1.0

  1. aIf 3 or more items missing then no score was computed.
  2. bLower score means better health.
  3. cMean score difference significant with p ≤ 0.05.