Table 2.
Mean scores and standard deviations on HRQoL, depression, anxiety, self-efficacy, and coping of pre-liver transplantation patients, other liver patients with and without cirrhosis, and a healthy norm population (Gutteling et al., submitted) and a healthy norm population [13, 21, 23, 28]
| Pre-liver transplantation (Mean, SD) |
Other liver patients (Mean, SD) |
Healthy norm (Mean, SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| No cirrhosis | Cirrhosis | |||
| SF-36 overall score | 0.70 (0.09) | 0.73 (0.14) | 0.74 (0.14) | – |
| SF-36 physical functioning | 58.2 (23.1) | 76.4 (22.8)* | 73.5 (23.7) | 74.9 (23.4)* |
| SF-36 role physical functioning | 31.5 (37.6) | 55.0 (45.1) | 52.4 (44.3) | 76.4 (36.3)* |
| SF-36 bodily pain | 59.1 (26.8) | 68.8 (27.0) | 66.8 (26.8) | 74.9 (23.4)* |
| SF-36 general health | 30.6 (18.0) | 50.3 (23.4)* | 42.5 (22.6) | 70.7 (20.7)* |
| SF-36 vitality | 44.2 (16.8) | 50.6 (24.9) | 53.9 (24.4) | 68.6 (19.3)* |
| SF-36 social functioning | 66.0 (19.6) | 67.9 (29.4) | 74.4 (27.1) | 84.0 (22.4)* |
| SF-36 role emotional functioning | 67.8 (36.6) | 67.3 (42.4) | 61.2 (45.2) | 82.3 (32.9) |
| SF-36 mental health | 66.3 (18.4) | 66.9 (21.8) | 68.8 (23.6) | 76.8 (17.4)* |
| Depression overall (range 0–63) | 16.0 (7.9) | 12.6 (10.7) | 13.1 (12.0) | 6.2 (6.20)* |
| Anxiety (range 20–80) | 41.7 (10.9) | 41.1 (12.98) | 41.2 (13.37) | 38.4 (9.90) |
| Self-efficacy (range 0–40) | 29.9 (6.04) | 31.1 (6.09) | 30.3 (6.67) | 29.28 (5.09) |
| Active coping (range 1–4) | 2.63 (0.55) | 2.67 (0.64) | 2.52 (0.74) | – |
| Seeking support (1–4) | 2.40 (0.61) | 2.41 (0.76) | 2.24 (0.77) | – |
| Avoidant coping (1–4) | 1.89 (0.57) | 1.84 (0.66) | 1.89 (0.60) | – |
Note: The t-tests were performed with Bonferroni correction. Age and gender were controlled for
* P < 0.05