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Baseline
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On treatment
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Mean Change
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p
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MFIS Total score (n = 220)
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34.6 ± 18.7
|
27.0 ± 18.6
|
-7.6 ± 16.4
|
p ≤ 0.001
|
Physical dimension score
|
17.6 ± 9.1
|
13.5 ± 9.0
|
-4.1 ± 8.1
|
p ≤ 0.001
|
Cognitive dimension score
|
13.9 ± 9.2
|
11.2 ± 8.6
|
2.7 ± 8.0
|
p ≤ 0.001
|
Psycho-social dimension score
|
3.1 ± 2.1
|
2.4 ± 2.0
|
-0.7 ± 2.0
|
p ≤ 0.001
|
VAS score (n = 198)
|
4.47 ± 2.53
|
3.43 ± 2.55
|
-1.04 ± 2.88
|
p ≤ 0.001
|
- Fatigue over three months was measured with the Modified Fatigue Impact Scale (MFIS) and with a visual analogue scale (VAS). Data are presented as mean ± SD for those patients providing exploitable data both at inclusion and at study end. Probabilities were calculated with the Wilcoxon rank test.