An analysis of sickness absence in chronically ill patients receiving Complementary and Alternative Medicine: A longterm prospective intermittent study

Table 5 Proportion of patients with improved versus unchanged or impaired selfreported health status after treatment

Health status after treatment	All		Men		Women
	n	%	n	%	n	%
improved	229	71.1	92	66.7	137	74.5
Unchanged/impaired	93	28.9	46	33.3	47	25.5
All	322	100	138	100	184	100

Score built from items '"frequency of pain" and "duration of pain", "state of health", degree of "impairment".

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