Table 6 Outcomes investigated among the different categories of treatment goals
Primary outcomes | Initial treatment goal of the discontinued medication | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Improvement of prognosis | Symptom control | Prophylaxis | Curative intention | |||||
n | Col % | n | Col % | n | Col % | n | Col % | |
Biochemical measurements | 239 | 43.6 | 89 | 30.9 | 27 | 50.9 | 16 | 57.1 |
Symptoms | 211 | 38.5 | 130 | 45.1 | 10 | 18.9 | 6 | 21.4 |
Medical imaging | 67 | 12.2 | 30 | 10.4 | 2 | 3.8 | 3 | 10.7 |
Quality of life | 17 | 3.1 | 24 | 8.3 | 1 | 1.9 | 2 | 7.1 |
Morbidity | 8 | 1.5 | 13 | 4.5 | 11 | 20.8 | 1 | 3.6 |
Mortality | 6 | 1.1 | 2 | 0.7 | 2 | 3.8 | 0 | - |
At all | 548 | 100.0 | 288 | 100 | 53 | 100 | 28 | 100 |