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Example from the Literature – Salicylic Acid Plasters for Treatment of Foot Corns
ОглавлениеTable 2.1 gives a typical table reporting baseline characteristics of a set of patients entered into a randomised controlled trial that investigated the effectiveness of salicylic acid plasters compared with usual scalpel debridement for treatment of foot corns (Farndon et al. 2013). Corns and calluses are areas of hard, thickened skin that develop when the skin is exposed to excessive pressure or friction. They commonly occur on the feet and can cause pain and discomfort when you walk. We will discuss the different types of data given in this paper.
Table 2.1 Baseline characteristics of participants in a randomised control trial of the effectiveness of salicylic acid plasters compared with ‘usual’ scalpel debridement of foot corns by treatment group
(Source: Farndon et al. 2013).
| Group | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corn plaster | Scalpel | |||||
| n | % | n | % | |||
| Gender | Male | 42 | (42%) | 42 | (42%) | |
| Female | 59 | (58%) | 59 | (58%) | ||
| Total | 101 | (100%) | 101 | (100%) | ||
| Centre | Central | 58 | (58%) | 52 | (52%) | |
| Manor | 13 | (13%) | 20 | (20%) | ||
| Jordanthorpe | 10 | (10%) | 14 | (14%) | ||
| Limbrick | 3 | (3%) | 6 | (6%) | ||
| Firth Park | 7 | (7%) | 4 | (4%) | ||
| Huddersfield | 5 | (4%) | 4 | (4%) | ||
| Darnall | 5 | (5%) | 1 | (1%) | ||
| Total | 101 | (100%) | 101 | (100%) | ||
| Smoking History | Non‐Smoker | 34 | (35%) | 40 | (40%) | |
| Previous Smoker | 22 | (22%) | 16 | (16%) | ||
| Current Smoker | 42 | (43%) | 43 | (43%) | ||
| Missing | 3 | (3%) | 2 | (2%) | ||
| Total | 101 | (100%) | 101 | (100%) | ||
| Number of corns evaluated | 1 | 48 | (48%) | 66 | (65%) | |
| 2 | 28 | (28%) | 23 | (23%) | ||
| 3 | 24 | (24%) | 12 | (12%) | ||
| Missing | 1 | (1%) | 0 | (0%) | ||
| Total | 101 | (100%) | 101 | (100%) | ||
| n | Mean | SD | n | Mean | SD | |
| Age | 101 | 58.5 | 15.6 | 101 | 59.7 | 17.5 |
| Size of index corn (mm) | 99 | 3.9 | 1.7 | 101 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
| VAS pain (0–10) | 100 | 5.7 | 2.9 | 101 | 4.9 | 3.0 |
| n | Median | 25–75th centile | n | Median | 25–75th centile | |
| EQ‐5D tariff | 98 | 0.73 | (0.59–0.80) | 101 | 0.73 | (0.66–0.80) |
| EQ 5D VAS (0–100) | 100 | 80.0 | (60.0–90.0) | 99 | 79 | (60.0–90.0) |
