Table 3 Summary statistics and tests of difference for utility and 36‐item Short Form Questionnaire scores at baseline versus 12 months after injury for participants grouped on recovery status (n = 186).
| Pre‐injury | 12 months post‐injury | Wilcoxon's signed ranks test | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | z | p Value | |
| Not recovered (n = 125) | ||||||
| AQoL | 0.92 | 0.13 | 0.65 | 0.28 | −8.441 | 0.000 |
| SF‐6D | 0.90 | 0.11 | 0.70 | 0.17 | −9.549 | 0.000 |
| SF‐36 PCS | 54.72 | 7.11 | 39.12 | 12.16 | −9.172 | 0.000 |
| SF‐36 MCS | 54.36 | 6.51 | 50.32 | 13.55 | −2.012 | 0.044 |
| Full recovery (n = 61) | ||||||
| AQoL | 0.95 | 0.12 | 0.91 | 0.14 | −1.970 | 0.049 |
| SF‐6D | 0.94 | 0.08 | 0.93 | 0.08 | −1.405 | 0.296 |
| SF‐36 PCS | 56.34 | 5.11 | 55.79 | 4.64 | −1.274 | 0.203 |
| SF‐36 MCS | 55.84 | 6.34 | 54.80 | 5.53 | −1.634 | 0.102 |
AQoL, Assessment of Quality of Life; MCS, mental component summary; PCS, physical component summary; SF‐6D, Short Form 6 Dimensions; SF‐36, 36‐item Short Form Questionnaire.