| Author |
Year |
# patients |
Scoring system |
Results |
Results |
Months |
Improvement |
P-value |
| |
|
|
|
pre-LHR post-LHR |
post-LHR |
in QoL (%) |
|
| Clayton et al |
-2004 |
51 |
Self-reported severity |
7.3 |
3.6 |
6 |
50.70% |
- |
| |
|
51 |
Mins/week hair removal |
112 |
21 |
6 |
81.30% |
- |
| |
|
51 |
HADS depression |
6.7 |
3.6 |
6 |
46.30% |
- |
| |
|
51 |
HADS anxiety |
11.1 |
8.2 |
6 |
26.10% |
- |
| |
|
51 |
WHOQOL-BREF psych |
49.6 |
61.2 |
6 |
23.40% |
- |
| Conroy et al |
-2006 |
37 |
DLQI |
14 |
9 |
4 |
35.70% |
< 0.05 |
| Loo & Lanigan |
-2002 |
15 |
DLQI |
12.8 |
7 |
2 |
45.30% |
0.06 |
| |
|
15 |
DLQI |
12.8 |
9.2 |
4 |
28.10% |
0.48 |
| |
|
15 |
DLQI |
12.8 |
11.5 |
6 |
10.20% |
0.88 |
| Mazia et al |
-2010 |
70 |
DLQI |
9.42 |
3.12 |
3 |
66.90% |
< 0.05 |
| Rivers & Wong |
-2009 |
18 |
DLQI |
8.9 |
5.6 |
5 |
37.10% |
< 0.05 |
|
