Table II. Scores of the HHIA and its subscales, Social Functioning (SF) and Role emotional (RE) of the SF–36 and SFQ HL and NH groups.

	NH (n 109)	Hl (n 94)	Statistics	p
HHIA (total score)
Mean (SD)	3.8 (5.5)	31.6 (13.5)	W = 4702	< 0.005
HHIA (socio/situational)
Mean (SD)	1.8 (2.8)	15.6 (7.0)	W = 4754	< 0.005
HHIA (emotional)
Mean (SD)	1.8 (3.0)	22.4 (8.4)	W = 4700	< 0.005
Social functioning (SF–36)
Mean (SD)	80.3 (3.8)	64.0 (7.0)	W = 3201	< 0.005
Role emotional (SF–36)
Mean (SD)	77.4 (3.6)	67.4 (7.5)	W = 3548	< 0.005
SFQ (total score)
Mean (SD)	4.6 (2.9)	5.9 (3.2)	W = 9692	< 0.005