Continuing episodes of pain in recurrent acute pancreatitis: Prospective follow up on a standardised protocol with drugs and pancreatic endotherapy

Table 3 Quality of life scores in patients with recurrent acute pancreatitis above the age of 18 years and in the subgroups on drug therapy and endoscopic therapy

	Baseline	1 yr	P value
All patients (n = 31)	55.0 (44.0, 66.0)	38.0 (32.00, 51.00)	< 0.01
Patients on DT (n = 22)	55.0 (47.0, 64.0)	40.00 (31.50, 54.00)	< 0.01
Patients on ET (n = 9)	59.5 (47.5, 67.5)	36.0 (32.50, 54.3)	0.084

Data expressed as median (quartiles). DT: Drug therapy; ET: Endoscopic therapy.