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. 2007 Jun 20;32(5):611–617. doi: 10.1007/s00264-007-0372-3

Table 2.

Results of SF-36 and WOMAC measures (mean ± SD) of all patients after PAO in our study (PAO total), patients without or with only minor complications (PAO group 1), patients with major complications (PAO group 2) and the control group in comparison to published results in the literature (numbers in parentheses = normal values not mentioned; values transformed to a scale between 1 and 100*)

SF–36
  PAO group 1—no/minor complications PAO group 2—major complications Level of significance PAO total Control group Level of significance Random population (25–34 years) [3] PAO [2] THR [21] THR [17] THR [7] THR revisions [7]
Physical functioning 78.8 ± 15.4 72.4 ± 14.8 0.134 75.8 ± 15.3 98.9 ± 1.9 <0.01 95 72.7 64.3 53.8
Social functioning 88.7 ± 20.1 92.6 ± 14.5 0.596 90.5 ± 17.7 97.5 ± 6.7 0.011 89 92.1 83.6 77.7
Role-physical 79.5 ± 21.8 75.8 ± 22.2 0.739 77.8 ± 21.8 97.5 ± 6.4 <0.01 90 67.1 63.6 57.1
Role-emotional 86.9 ± 17.3 73.7 ± 27.4 0.095 80.9 ± 23.1 94.9 ± 10.1 <0.01 84 85.9 78.6 81.5
Functional status 83.5 ± 15.6 78.6 ± 15.5 0.266 81.3 ± 15.5 97.2 ± 4.7 <0.01 (49.2)
Mental health 74.1 ± 14.4 79.2 ± 13.5 0.053 76.4 ± 14.1 80.9 ± 8.9 0.225 73 84.6 77.8 78.6
Vitality 68.5 ± 13.3 65.6 ± 11.7 0.371 67.2 ± 12.5 75 ± 9.3 <0.01 63 66.1 63.2 60.1
Bodily pain 66.1 ± 21.4 62.3 ± 23.7 0.339 64.4 ± 22.3 93.8 ± 11.1 <0.01 84 72,2 68.6 66.2
Wellbeing 69.6 ± 13.9 69 ±12.8 0.658 69.3 ± 13.3 83.2 ± 7.1 <0.01 (54.7)
General health 80.8 ± 13.9 75.8 ± 22.5 0.694 78.5 ± 18.2 84.3 ± 10.6 0.226 77 76.8 70.9 65.1
SF-36 total 77.9 ± 12.9 74.7 ± 13.3 0.426 76.4 ± 13 90.3 ± 4.6 <0.01
Health change 56.5 ± 18.7 63.2 ± 20.3 0.121 59.5 ± 19.5 62 ± 13.4 0.615 60.8 58.9
WOMAC
Patients without dysaesthesia Patients with actual dysaesthesia Random population (58–64 years) [11]
Pain 23.2 ± 20.9 25.3 ± 19.3 0.308 15.4 ± 7.6 30 ± 24.2 0.014 4.9* 29.6* 44*
Stiffness 28 ± 21.4 33.2 ± 25.8 0.639 18.6 ± 14.9 38.5 ± 25 <0.01 5.4* 37* 46*
Function 21.5 ± 17.2 28.8 ± 19.6 0.293 18.9 ± 12.7 29.4 ± 20.9 0.015 2.9* 28.2* 47*
WOMAC total 22.4 ± 17.1 28.4 ± 19.7 0.511 18.1 ± 11.5 30.3 ± 20.8 <0.01 3.5 46*

THR total hip replacement

Level of significance was determined with the Kruskal-Wallis test