Table 4.

Differences in health experiences before and 3 months after radical prostatectomy (n = 140).

Health areas	Before surgery	3 months after surgery	p-value
PF	91.3 ± 12.7	85.9 ± 15.6	<0.001
RP	85.5 ± 31.7	65.2 ± 42.3	<0.001
BP	88.8 ± 20.6	89.2 ± 19.8	ns
GH	75.8 ± 19.4	75.3 ± 20.4	ns
VT	75.2 ± 20.8	74.5 ± 22.4	ns
SF	86.8 ± 20.2	85.8 ± 21.3	ns
RE	83.3 ± 32.7	82.3 ± 33.3	ns
MH	76.3 ± 20.3	83.1 ± 17.9	<0.001

Health areas: physical functioning (PF), role physical (RP), bodily pain (BP), general health (GH), vitality (VT), social functioning (SF), role-emotional (RE), and mental health (MH). Standardizes scores range from 0 (poor functioning) to 100 (good functioning). Data are presented as means ± SD.