Treatment | Symptom improvement | Effect of treatment on recovery | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | Worse | No change | Improved | p-value | n | Worse | No change | Improved | p-value |
Observation only | 1574 | 612 (39) | 507 (32) | 455 (29) | <0.0001 | 1514 | 264 (17) | 898 (59) | 352 (23) | <0.0001 |
IVMP | 1123 | 363 (32) | 192 (17) | 568 (51) | <0.0001 | 1122 | 145 (13) | 190 (17) | 787 (70) | <0.0001 |
Oral corticosteroids | 895 | 301 (34) | 177 (20) | 417 (47) | <0.0001 | 894 | 116 (13) | 224 (25) | 554 (62) | <0.0001 |
Other | 745 | 237 (32) | 160 (21) | 348 (47) | 0.0005 | 740 | 114 (15) | 196 (26) | 430 (58) | <0.0001 |