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Table 2 Care status and treatment periods during the active study treatment time of 16 weeks in the PP population

From: NPWT resource use compared with standard moist wound care in diabetic foot wounds: DiaFu randomized clinical trial results

Randomized treatments arms / statistical test

NPWT

SMWC

p value (test)

Study participants in the PP population, No.

44

110

NA

Length of care (days)

 Study participants with data available, No.

44

110

 

 Mean (SD)

87.1 (31.1)

100.6 (23.4)

0.004 (U)

 Min-Max

5 - 112

21 - 112

Study participants with inpatient care, No. (%)

35 (79.5)

88 (80.0)

0.949 (Chi-squared)

Study participants exclusively treated inpatient, No. (%)

1 (2.3)

1 (0.9)

0.500 (Chi-squared)

Length of hospital stay (days)

 Mean (SD)

14.6 (17.4)

15.7 (21.7)

0.950 (U)

 Min-Max

0 – 67

0 – 112

 

Study participants with outpatient care, N (%)

43 (97.7)

109 (99.1)

0.500 (Chi-squared)

Study participants exclusively treated outpatient, N (%)

9 (20.5)

22 (20.0)

0.949 (Chi-squared)

Length of outpatient care (days)

 Mean (SD)

68.3 (31.1)

83.2 (29.7)

0.004 (U)

 Min-Max

  

Days without treatment

189

190

NA

Length of treatment (days)

 Study participants with data available, No.

44

110

0.001 (U)

 Mean (SD)

82.8 (31.6)

98.8 (24.6)

 Min-Max

5 – 112

14 – 112

Length of NPWT (days)

 Study participants with data available, No.

44

0

NA

 Mean (SD)

31.2 (32.3)

 

 Min-Max

1 - 112

 

Length of inpatient NPWT

 Study participants with data available, No.

35

0

NA

 Mean (SD)

10.3 (9.1)

NA

NA

 Min-Max

2 – 33

 

Length of outpatient NPWT (days)

 Study participants with data available, No.

28

0

NA

 Mean (SD)

36.1 (33.0)

  

 Min-Max

1 – 112

 

Length of SMWC (days)

 Study participants with data available, No.

38

110

NA

 Mean (SD)

59.8 (33,4)

98.8 (24.6)

 Min-Max

2 - 110

14 - 112

Length of inpatient SMWC (days)

 Study participants with data available, No.

22

88

 

 Mean (SD)

13.6 (13,3)

19.6 (22.7)

NA

 Min-Max

1 – 55

1 – 112

Length of outpatient SMWC (days)

 Study participants with data available, No.

36 (81.8%)

109 (99.1%)

 

 Mean (SD)

55.8 (33.0)

83.9 (28.7)

NA

 Min-Max

2 – 108

10 – 112

Study participants still in care at day 112, N (%)

17 (38.6%)

66 (60.0%)

0.016 (Chi-squared)