Table 3.

Comparison of changes in quality-of-life scores at 3 and 6 months postoperative

	At 3 months			At 6 months
	Myomectomy n = 34 Difference from baseline	Myolysis n = 16 Difference from baseline	P value	Myomectomy n = 34 Difference from baseline	Myolysis n = 16 Difference from baseline	p value
UFS-QOL questionnaire
SSS	− 23.3 ± 33	− 27.5 ± 31.5	0.66	− 32.8 ± 29.8	− 15.8 ± 22.6	0.03*
HRQOL total score	24.2 ± 28.2	9.2 ± 34.3	0.14	29.4 ± 28.3	13.0 ± 29.7	0.08
EQ-5D questionnaire
Visual analog scale	17.4 ± 19.1	6.6 ± 24.3	0.13	16.5 ± 33.1	11.6 ± 27.6	0.58
FSFI questionnaire
FSS	− 1.5 ± 10.8	0.9 ± 14.7	0.40	1.3 ± 10.9	3.4 ± 10	0.40

The data are presented as means ± standard deviation (SD). The effects of time were adjusted for the following confounding variables: age, gravidity, initial fibroid-specific quality-of-life score, size of the largest fibroid, history of myomectomy, and metrorrhagia

SSS Symptom Severity Score; higher transformed scores indicate greater severity or discomfort of symptoms, HRQOL Health-Related Quality of Life; higher transformed scores indicate greater quality of life, FSS full scale score

p values were calculated to compare the differences in scores over time (*p < 0.05—statistically significant)