Table 1 Baseline characteristics of participants
Corn Plaster | Scalpel | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 101) | (n = 101) | (N = 202) | ||||
Gender | ||||||
Male | 42 (42%) | 42 (42%) | 84 (42%) | |||
Female | 59 (58%) | 59 (58%) | 118 (58%) | |||
Centre | ||||||
1 | 58 (58%) | 53 (53%) | 111 (54%) | |||
2 | 1 (1%) | 1 (1%) | 2 (1%) | |||
3 | 7 (7%) | 4 (4%) | 11 (5%) | |||
4 | 5 (5%) | 4 (4%) | 9 (4%) | |||
5 | 10 (10%) | 13 (14%) | 23 (12%) | |||
6 | 7 (7%) | 6 (6%) | 13 (6%) | |||
7 | 13 (13%) | 20 (20%) | 33 (16%) | |||
Number of corns evaluated | ||||||
1 | 48 (48%) | 66 (65%) | 114 (56%) | |||
2 | 28 (28%) | 23 (23%) | 51 (25%) | |||
3 | 24 (24%) | 12 (12%) | 36 (18%) | |||
Missing | 1 (1%) | 0 | 1 (<1%) | |||
n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | |
Age | 101 | 58.5 (15.6) | 101 | 59.7 (17.5) | 202 | 59.1 (16.6) |
Size of index corn (mm) | 99 | 3.9 (1.7) | 101 | 3.8 (1.8) | 200 | 3.8 (1.8) |
VAS pain (0–10) | 100 | 5.71 (2.92) | 101 | 4.87 (2.97) | 201 | 5.29 (2.97) |
EQ5D tariff | 98 | 0.64 (0.30) | 101 | 0.68 (0.28) | 199 | 0.66 (0.29) |
EQ5D VAS (0–100) | 100 | 74.3 (19.6) | 99 | 73.5 (20.3) | 199 | 73.9 (19.9) |