Table 2 Compliance with allocated intervention and further treatment
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Surgery (n=176)
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Rehabilitation (n=173)
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No (%) patients who received allocated intervention
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139 (79)
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151 (87)
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Time from randomisation to intervention received per No of patients:
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|
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<1 week
|
1
|
10
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1-2 weeks
|
8
|
25
|
2 weeks-1 month
|
20
|
43
|
1-3 months
|
86
|
63
|
4-6 months
|
16
|
9
|
7-12 months
|
5
|
1
|
>12 months
|
3
|
0
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Low attendance (1-49% available time)*
|
N/A
|
12
|
High attendance (50-100% available time)*
|
N/A
|
139
|
Median time from randomisation to intervention in months (range)
|
1.6 (0.2-15.4)
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0.9 (0.1-10.2)
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No (%) of patients who did not receive allocated treatment
|
37 (21)
|
22 (13)
|
Switched to the other treatment group
|
7
|
10
|
Physiotherapy
|
3
|
0
|
Medical treatment
|
11
|
2
|
No recorded treatment
|
16
|
10
|
No (%) of patients who required further treatment after allocated treatment
|
97 (55.1%)
|
68 (39.3%)
|
Further surgery or surgery*
|
11
|
38
|
Additional rehabilitation programme
|
7
|
0
|
Additional physiotherapy treatment
|
47
|
8
|
Additional medical treatment
|
32
|
22
|
No recorded additional treatment
|
42
|
83
|
|
* Rehabilitation only.