Table 7 Follow-up periods among the different categories of treatment aims
Follow-up periods | Initial treatment aim of the discontinued medication | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Improvement of prognosis | Symptom control | Prophylaxis | Curative intention | |||||
n | Col % | n | Col % | n | Col % | n | Col % | |
≤ 1 month | 11 | 4.3 | 3 | 2.1 | 5 | 19.2 | 2 | 15.4 |
≤ 3 months | 39 | 15.2 | 14 | 9.9 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | - |
≤ 6 months | 59 | 42.6 | 40 | 28.2 | 6 | 23.1 | 4 | 30.8 |
7 to < 12 month | 63 | 24.6 | 34 | 23.9 | 3 | 11.5 | 4 | 30.8 |
> 1 to 3 years | 60 | 23.4 | 39 | 27.5 | 8 | 30.8 | 2 | 15.4 |
> 3 to 5 years | 17 | 6.6 | 9 | 6.3 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | - |
> 5 years | 7 | 2.7 | 3 | 2.1 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | - |
At all | 256 | 100.0 | 142 | 100.0 | 26 | 100.0 | 13 | 100.0 |