It's a pain: they only give the results in figures:
This means it is possible for a responder to only drop one point (out of 56) and be counted as a responder as the entry criteria require a fatigue score >=35.
Response groups and trajectories of process variables Based on their level of fatigue at the different measurements, 42 patients were classified as fast-responders (fatigue <35 at first interim measurement), 44 as mid-term responders (fatigue <35 at second interim measurement), 17 as slow-responders (fatigue <35 at third interim measurement), 24 as very slow responders (fatigue <35 at post-measurement) and 52 as non-responders (fatigue >=35 at post-measurement). Four patients could not be assigned to a subgroup because of missing data. We combined the slow and very-slow responders into one group of slow responders to obtain four groups of sufficient sample size. Becausewe combined the slowand very slowresponders, we also combined the change scores between interimmeasurement 2 and the post-measurement. Mean values of the potential process variables in the different response groups during therapy are depicted in Fig. 3. Patterns of change in all process variables resembled that of fatigue, except for actual objective activity. At post-treatment, non-responders differed significantly from the other groups on all process variables.
This means it is possible for a responder to only drop one point (out of 56) and be counted as a responder as the entry criteria require a fatigue score >=35.
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