Table 2 Results for the scales of COMOT-15 and SF-36 at three different times of assessment; M = mean value, SD = standard deviation, TM = time of measurement, p = p-value from Student's t-test
Questionnaire/ Scale | TM1 (baseline) | TM2 (6 months) | TM3 (12 months) | p | p | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Â | M | SD | M | SD | M | SD | TM1 vs. TM2 | TM1 vs. TM3 | TM2 vs. TM3 |
COMOT-15 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Overall Score (OS) | 46,4 | 18,8 | 38,4 | 20,5 | 39,5 | 22,0 | 0,01 | 0,03 | 0,75 |
Ear Symptoms (ES) | 35,7 | 18,5 | 27,7 | 18,0 | 28,5 | 20,3 | 0,004 | 0,02 | 0,79 |
Hearing Function (HF) | 64,8 | 26,3 | 56,0 | 30,4 | 56,0 | 30,1 | 0,04 | 0,04 | 0,99 |
Mental Health (MH) | 48,8 | 25,9 | 40,1 | 28,6 | 42,6 | 27,9 | 0,04 | 0,13 | 0,56 |
SF-36 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Physical Functioning (PF) | 83.6 | 20.0 | 82.2 | 22.1 | 79.3 | 25.0 | 0.81 | 0.21 | 0.32 |
Role-Functioning Physical (RP) | 74.1 | 39.8 | 76.2 | 38.2 | 73.9 | 37.3 | 0.73 | 0.96 | 0.69 |
Bodily Pain (BP) | 72.0 | 27.9 | 73.3 | 26.8 | 74.6 | 26.9 | 0.75 | 0.52 | 0.74 |
General Health (GH) | 58.3 | 19.8 | 59.3 | 18.9 | 56.6 | 19.6 | 0.74 | 0.58 | 0.36 |
Vitality (VT) | 54.4 | 21.5 | 58.1 | 17.4 | 56.1 | 18.2 | 0.22 | 0.58 | 0.46 |
Social Functioning (SF) | 77.6 | 25.2 | 79.5 | 22.8 | 78.6 | 22.1 | 0.61 | 0.79 | 0.80 |
Role-Functioning Emotional (RE) | 75.8 | 37.8 | 78.0 | 38.3 | 73.3 | 38.1 | 0.70 | 0.67 | 0.42 |
Mental Health (MH) | 67.0 | 19.6 | 70.1 | 16.6 | 65.4 | 18.4 | 0.26 | 0.59 | 0.08 |