Table 3 SF-36 QoL scores of all the domains
SF-36 Norm-based scale | Items | Baseline (N = 46) | 10th month (N = 32) | 20th month (N = 28) | Alpha-Cronbach | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |||||
Physical functioning (FP) | 10 | 78.0 | 21.7 | 79.1 | 20.4 | 79.3 | 19.9 | 0.9 | 0.96 | |
Role Physical (RP) | 4 | 47.8 | 50.5 | 46.1 | 46.3 | 63.4 | 43.8 | 1 | 0.3 | |
Role Emotional (RE) | 3 | 58.0 | 43.6 | 63.5 | 44.3 | 69.1 | 39.5 | 0.9 | 0.55 | |
Vitality (VT) | 4 | 57.3 | 25.6 | 61.7 | 21.5 | 65.4 | 19.5 | 0.8 | 0.33 | |
Emotional well-being (MH) | 5 | 67.0 | 21.4 | 68.5 | 20.0 | 69.3 | 21.0 | 0.9 | 0.89 | |
Social functioning (SF) | 2 | 69.0 | 25.9 | 77.3 | 21.9 | 79.5 | 23.9 | 0.8 | 0.14 | |
Pain (BP) | 2 | 78.2 | 22.9 | 68.1 | 25.0 | 71.6 | 29.1 | 0.6 | 0.21 | |
General health (GH) | 5 | 63.9 | 22.2 | 60.2 | 19.7 | 67.0 | 21.8 | 0.9 | 0.47 | |
8 item SF-36 | 35 | 64.9 | 32.3 | 65.6 | 30.5 | 70.6 | 28.8 | N/A | N/A | |
Mental health component summary (MCS) | 14 | 62.8 | 30.6 | 67.8 | 29.0 | 70.8 | 27.3 | N/A | 0.33 | |
Physical health component summary (PCS) | 21 | 67.0 | 33.9 | 63.3 | 31.9 | 70.3 | 30.3 | N/A | 0.53 | |