| Correlation with the Treatment Burden Questionnaire global scorea | No. (%) | Mean score | Pvalue |
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Correlation with treatment workload continuous variables | ||||
Number of hospitalizations during the last year | 0.24 | - | - | < 0.0001 |
Number of medical appointments/month | 0.28 | - | - | < 0.0001 |
Number of different physicians | 0.29 | - | - | < 0.0001 |
Total number of tablets/day | 0.25 | - | - | < 0.0001 |
Total number of injections/day | 0.31 | - | - | < 0.0001 |
Number of drug intakes/day | 0.16 | - | - | 0.0004 |
Time needed for healthcare per week (sum of the time needed for surveillance and the time needed to organize the treatment) | 0.4 | - | - | < 0.0001 |
Comparison between groups defined by treatment workload qualitative variables | ||||
Need for a specific organization for daily care: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | - | 338 (67.3%) | 34.41 | Â |
No | Â | 164 (32.7%) | 23.85 | < 0.0001 |
Need for self-monitoring: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | - | 168 (33.5%) | 41.24 | < 0.0001 |
No | Â | 334 (66.5%) | 25.79 | Â |
Diet: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | - | 198 (40.3%) | 38.34 | < 0.0001 |
No | Â | 293 (59.7%) | 26.01 | Â |
Physical therapy: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | - | 113 (22.9%) | 35.77 | Â |
No | Â | 380 (77.1%) | 29.73 | 0.02 |
Oxygen therapy: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | - | 22 (4.4%) | 44.68 | Â |
No | Â | 476 (94.8%) | 30.47 | 0.005 |
Presence of side effects: | - | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | Â | 168 (36.3%) | 42.07 | < 0.0001 |
No | Â | 295 (63.7%) | 25.08 | Â |
The patient considers treatment as efficient: | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Yes | - | 317 (63.1%) | 27.35 | < 0.0001 |
No | Â | 185 (36.8%) | 37.13 | Â |