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. 2009 Feb 6;9:12. doi: 10.1186/1471-230X-9-12

Table 4.

Comparison of individual SF12 questions at 6 months follow-up.

Treatment group p value

GP GNP
General health Excellent 1 (1) 7 (9) < 0.001
Very good 8 (10) 32 (40)
Good 33 (42) 26 (32)
Fair 35 (44) 15 (19)
Poor 2 (3) 1 (1)

Health limited – Moderate activities Yes, limited a lot 3 (4) 1 (1) 0.261
Yes, limited a little 15 (19) 12 (15)
No, not limited at all 61 (77) 68 (84)

Health limited – Climbing several flights of stairs Yes, limited a lot 6 (8) 2 (3) 0.021
Yes, limited a little 21 (27) 13 (16)
No, not limited at all 52 (66) 66 (82)

Accomplished less than you would like in 4 weeks Yes 27 (34) 8 (10) < 0.001
No 52 (66) 73 (90)

Were limited in the kind of work or other activities in 4 weeks Yes 22 (28) 7 (9) 0.002
No 57 (72) 74 (91)

Accomplished less than you would like Yes
No
22 (28)
57 (72)
6 (7)
75 (93)
0.001

Didn't do work or other activities as carefully as usual Yes 15 (19) 4 (5) 0.006
No 64 (81) 77 (95)

Pain interfering with normal work in 4 weeks Not at all 31 (39) 42 (52) 0.023
A little bit 24 (30) 28 (35)
Moderately 8 (10) 3 (4)
Quite a bit 11 (14) 8 (10)
Extremely 5 (60) 0 (0)

Felt calm and peaceful All of the time 5 (6) 5 (6) 0.024
Most of the time 17 (22) 31 (38)
A good bit of the time 7 (9) 4 (5)
Some of the time 35 (44) 36 (44)
A little of the time 11 (14) 2 (3)
None of the time 4 (5) 3 (4)

Had a lot of energy All of the time 1 (1) 3 (4) 0.002
Most of the time 13 (17) 24 (30)
A good bit of the time 7 (9) 12 (15)
Some of the time 33 (42) 29 (36)
A little of the time 14 (18) 10 (12)
None of the time 11 (14) 3 (4)

Felt downhearted and low All of the time 1 (1) 0 (0) 0.001
Most of the time 6 (8) 1 (1)
A good bit of the time 6 (8) 2 (3)
Some of the time 30 (38) 24 (30)
A little of the time 18 (23) 20 (25)
None of the time 18 (23) 34 (42)

P value from Mann-Whitney test.

P value from Chi-square test.

Figures are number (%).