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Table 4 Sum of missing answers per EPIC domain at three timepoints

From: Missingness in the expanded prostate cancer index short form (EPIC-26) – prevalence, patterns, and explanatory factors

EPIC domain

No. of items in domain

0 months, 625 filled surveys

6 months, 598 filled surveys

12 months, 588 filled surveys

Mean in domain

Urinary incontinence

4

55 (2.2% a )

43 (1.7%)

19 (0.8%)

1.6%

Urinary irritative

4

91 (3.6%)

82 (3.4%)

71 (3.0%)

3.3%

Bowel

6

100 (2.7%)

83 (2.3%)

58 (1.6%)

2.2%

Sexual

6

197 (5.3%)

130 (3.6%)

156 (4.4%)

4.4%

Hormonal

5

177 (5.7%)

178 (6.0%)

159 (5.4%)

5.7%

Mean at time-point

3.9%

3.4%

3.1%

 
  1. a Calculated as follows: 55 missing answers/(625 filled surveys × 4 items in the incontinence domain) × 100 = 2.2%