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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2006 Jan 25.
Published in final edited form as: Compr Psychiatry. 2005;46(4):254–260. doi: 10.1016/j.comppsych.2004.10.004

Table 1.

SF-36 scores for BDD compared with published norms

BDD (N = 176)
US population (N = 2474)
Depression (N = 502)
Type II diabetes (N = 541)
Acute MI (N = 107)
Quality of life subscale Mean (SD) Mean (SD) d Mean (SD) d Mean (SD) d Mean (SD) d
Mental Health 40.8 (19.0) 74.7 (18.1) 1.87* 46.3 (20.8) 0.27* 76.7 (18.3) 1.90* 75.8 (15.7) 1.97*
Role Limitations/Emotional 25.9 (35.9) 81.3 (33.0) 1.54* 38.9 (39.8) 0.33* 75.6 (36.6) 1.36* 73.5 (38.0) 1.29*
Social Functioning 44.4 (25.9) 83.3 (22.7) 1.70* 57.2 (27.7) 0.47* 82.0 (24.9) 1.49* 84.6 (21.2) 1.67*
Vitality 34.9 (19.9) 60.9 (20.9) 1.24* 40.1 (21.1) 0.25* 55.7 (21.6) 0.98* 57.7 (18.9) 1.16*
Physical Functioning 83.6 (21.7) 84.2 (23.3) 0.02 71.6 (27.2) 0.46* 67.7 (28.7) 0.58* 69.7 (26.1) 0.59*
Role Limitations/Physical 60.2 (43.8) 80.9 (34.0) 0.60* 44.4 (40.3) 0.38* 56.8 (41.7) 0.08**** 51.4 (39.4) 0.21**
Bodily Pain 67.8 (26.0) 75.2 (23.7) 0.31* 58.8 (26.7) 0.34* 68.5 (26.5) 0.03 72.8 (25.3) 0.19***
General Health 55.9 (23.8) 71.9 (20.3) 0.78* 52.9 (22.9) 0.13*** 56.1 (21.1) 0.01 59.2 (19.3) 0.15****

Effect size (d) calculations are made by comparing BDD scores with each sample.

MI indicates myocardial infarction; Role Limitations/Emotional indicates Role Limitations due to Emotional Problems; Role Limitations/Physical indicates Role Limitations due to Physical Problems.

*

P < .0001.

**

P < .001.

***

P < .01.

****

P < .05.