Table 6.
SF-36 scores of people in the general population, by number of pain conditions
| SF-36 health survey scores (SD) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reference (country) Study groups | n | PF | RP | BP | GH | VT | SF | RE | MH |
| Picavet et al. (2003)(14, p.725)(the Netherlands) | 3664 | ||||||||
| 1 pain condition* | 957 | 80.0 (0.6) | 74.3 (1.2) | 73.8 (0.7) | 67.7 (0.6) | 64.6 (0.6) | 83.2 (0.7) | 86.7 (1.0) | 76.0 (0.6) |
| 2 pain conditions* | 478 | 72.7 (1.0) | 63.0 (1.8) | 65.5 (1.0) | 64.0 (0.9) | 60.2 (1.0) | 79.6 (1.1) | 84.0 (1.5) | 73.8 (0.8) |
| 3 pain conditions* | 193 | 63.4 (1.6) | 53.2 (3.0) | 57.0 (1.8) | 55.8 (1.6) | 56.0 (1.6) | 69.1 (1.8) | 76.0 (2.6) | 69.9 (1.4) |
| No pain condition* | 1888 | 87.8 (0.5) | 85.8 (0.8) | 84.1 (0.5) | 72.8 (0.4) | 69.3 (0.5) | 87.6 (0.5) | 89.8 (0.8) | 79.9 (0.4) |
| Any pain condition* | 1776 | 75.2 (0.5) | 67.1 (0.9) | 68.5 (0.6) | 64.6 (0.5) | 61.6 (0.5) | 79.8 (0.6) | 83.7 (0.8) | 74.3 (0.4) |
SF-36, short-form health survey (36 items); PF, physical functioning; RP, role functioning difficulties caused by physical problems; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role functioning difficulties caused by emotional problems; MH, mental health; PCS, physical component summary; MCS, mental component summary. Higher scores indicate better health status.
*
Table 2 shows specific pain conditions.