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Table 7 Pain NRS by treatment arm (for n = 55 participants who received all SMS-text-messages)

From: Self-management advice, exercise and foot orthoses for plantar heel pain: the TREADON pilot and feasibility randomised trial

Time

All participants

SMA

SMA-exercises

SMA-orthoses

SMA-combined

Response (%)

Mean (SD)

Cumulative number significantly better n (%)

Mean (SD)

Cumulative number significantly better n (%)

Mean (SD)

Cumulative number significantly better n (%)

Mean (SD)

Cumulative number significantly better n (%)

Mean (SD)

Cumulative number significantly better n (%)

BL

55/55(100)

5.6 (1.9)

NA

5.8 (2.1)

NA

4.7 (1.5)

NA

5.8 (2.0)

NA

6.1 (1.6)

NA

W1

40/55 (73)

5.2 (2.3)

NA

5.0 (3.2)

NA

4.3 (2.1)

NA

4.8 (2.1)

NA

6.3 (1.9)

NA

W2

35/55 (64)

5.1 (2.1)

0 (0)

5.8 (2.7)

0 (0)

4.2 (2.2)

0 (0)

4.9 (1.6)

0 (0)

5.6 (2.1)

0 (0)

W3

34/55 (62)

4.4 (2.4)

2 (4)

4.2 (2.4)

0 (0)

3.8 (2.1)

1 (7)

3.1 (2.1)

1 (8)

6.2 (2.2)

0 (0)

W4

40/55 (73)

4.4 (1.9)

3 (6)

5.0 (1.6)

0 (0)

3.8 (2.1)

2 (13)

3.8 (2.0)

1 (8)

5.1 (1.8)

0 (0)

W5

38/55 (69)

4.4 (2.3)

3 (6)

4.5 (2.4)

0 (0)

4.3 (2.5)

2 (13)

3.6 (2.2)

1 (8)

5.2 (2.3)

0 (0)

W6

40/55 (73)

3.7 (2.1)

4 (8)

4.3 (2.7)

0 (0)

3.3 (2.0)

2 (13)

3.5 (2.4)

2 (15)

3.9 (1.7)

0 (0)

W7

37/55 (67)

3.8 (2.4)

6 (12)

4.9 (2.9)

1 (10)

3.5 (1.9)

2 (13)

3.3 (2.8)

3 (23)

3.7 (2.2)

0 (0)

W8

38/55 (69)

3.7 (2.0)

6 (12)

4.3 (2.3)

1 (10)

3.3 (2.0)

2 (13)

3.1 (1.9)

3 (23)

4.1 (2.0)

0 (0)

W9

42/55 (76)

3.7 (2.2)

6 (12)

4.4 (2.0)

1 (10)

3.4 (2.4)

2 (13)

3.3 (1.7)

3 (23)

4.0 (2.4)

0 (0)

W10

40/55 (73)

3.2 (2.4)

7 (14)

4.2 (2.5)

1 (10)

2.5 (1.9)

2 (13)

2.1 (1.6)

3 (23)

3.9 (2.9)

1 (6)

W11

39/55 (71)

3.4 (2.3)

8 (16)

4.3 (1.4)

1 (10)

2.3 (1.8)

2 (13)

2.7 (1.5)

3 (23)

4.5 (3.1)

2 (12)

W12

32/55 (58)

2.9 (2.1)

9 (18)

3.1 (1.9)

1 (10)

2.4 (1.4)

3 (20)

2.5 (1.9)

3 (23)

3.8 (3.1)

2 (12)

FU

36/55 (65)

3.4 (2.5)

NA

5.2 (2.5)

NA

2.7 (1.5)

NA

3.0 (2.1)

NA

3.0 (3.2)

NA

  1. BL baseline, W week, FU follow up questionnaire, SD standard deviation, NA not applicable. As a result of automated SMS sending errors and host network availability errors, some participants were not sent all messages as described in the protocol. Results were based on 55 participants received all SMS/phone during follow-up (SMA, n = 10; SMA-exercises, n = 15; SMA-orthoses, n = 13; SMA-combined, n = 17). ‘Significantly better’ is based on cumulative time taken to consecutive weekly NRS response scores of 0 and/or 1