Table 4

Differentiation of severity, recovery time and additional treatments of the severest harm per patient with at least one PSP

Differentiation of the ‘severest’ harm (n=1935)		n	%	95% CI
Severity	Very mild	139	7.2	6.1 to 8.4
	Mild	689	35.6	33.5 to 37.8
	Severe	794	41.0	38.9 to 43.2
	Very severe	287	14.8	13.3 to 16.5
	Don’t know	25	1.3	0.9 to 1.9
	Refused to answer	1	0.1	0.0 to 0.2
Recovery period	Less than a week	294	16.9	15.2 to 18.7
	More than a week, but less than a month	347	19.9	18.1 to 21.9
	More than a month	419	24.1	22.1 to 26.1
	Permanent harm	615	35.3	33.1 to 37.6
	Don’t know	37	2.1	1.5 to 2.9
	Not applicable	28	1.6	1.1 to 2.3
Additional treatment*	Went to see another doctor	804	31.5	29.7 to 33.3
	Medical on-call service / emergency service	126	4.9	4.2 to 5.8
	Emergency room	227	8.9	7.9 to 10.1
	Inpatient treatment (overnight)	255	10.0	7.8 to 10.0
	Up to 1 week	98	3.8	3.2 to 4.7
	Between 1 and 2 weeks	96	3.8	3.1 to 4.6
	2 weeks and more	60	2.4	1.8 to 3.0
	Don’t know	1	0.0	0.0 to 0.2
	Rehabilitation	206	8.1	7.1 to 9.2
	None of it	927	36.3	34.5 to 38.2
	Don’t know	4	0.2	0.1 to 0.4
	Refused to answer	2	0.1	0.0 to 0.3