Table 5.
Mean baseline SF-36 scores and change in score at 6 weeks and 6 months after vaginal tape procedure or colposuspension
| Dimension
|
Baseline
|
Change (6 weeks)
|
P value for difference in change*
|
Change (6 months)
|
P value for difference in change*
|
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaginal tape group (n=166)
|
Colposuspension group (n=141)
|
Vaginal tape group (n=144)
|
Colposuspension group (n=123)
|
Vaginal tape group (n=159)
|
Colposuspension group (n=127)
|
||||
| Physical function | 65.5 | 66.2 | 11.0 | 4.8 | 0.002 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 0.75 | |
| Role physical | 68.0 | 64.3 | −18.0 | −26.9 | 0.085 | 9.9 | 10.2 | 0.90 | |
| Role emotional | 70.1 | 73.1 | −0.9 | −19.7 | <0.001 | 12.1 | 5.4 | 0.05 | |
| Social functioning | 74.5 | 77.0 | −0.4 | −11.9 | <0.001 | 11.7 | 4.0 | 0.028 | |
| Mental health | 66.0 | 67.4 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 0.36 | 7.9 | 2.7 | 0.023 | |
| Energy/vitality | 51.6 | 53.0 | −1.7 | −7.1 | 0.013 | 8.7 | 3.6 | 0.035 | |
| Pain | 75.4 | 76.6 | −8.8 | −14.0 | 0.11 | 1.1 | −1.5 | 0.49 | |
| General health | 69.9 | 69.3 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.80 | 1.5 | 2.4 | 0.98 | |
Significant values indicate difference in treatments.
*
Wilcoxon rank sum test.