Table 6.

Comparison of preoperative and late postoperative responses to the items of the Illness Intrusiveness Rating Scale for patients with data at both time points

	N	Preoperative mean (SE)	Late postoperative mean (SE)	P†
Health	19	4.0 (2.4)	1.0 (0.2)	0.000
Diet	19	3.2 (2.3)	1.1 (0.2)	0.000
Work	19	6.0 (1.3)	1.1 (0.5)	0.000
Active recreation	19	5.9 (1.5)	1.3 (0.8)	0.000
Passive recreation	19	4.0 (2.3)	1.0 (0.2)	0.000
Financial situation	19	3.0 (2.1)	1.0 (0.0)	0.001
Relationship: spouse	19	5.7 (1.3)	1.3 (1.2)	0.000
Sex life	19	5.0 (2.3)	1.1 (0.3)	0.000
Family relations	19	3.6 (2.3)	1.0 (0.0)	0.000
Social relations	19	6.0 (1.5)	1.7 (1.7)	0.000
Self expression	19	5.4 (1.7)	1.2 (0.5)	0.000
Religious expression	19	2.7 (2.1)	1.0 (0.0)	0.003
Community	19	4.0 (2.1)	1.0 (0.0)	0.000
Total	19	58.2 (3.4)	14.9 (1.0)	0.000

^†Paired t test, comparisons were repeated with Wilcoxon Signed Ranks test and were similar; SE Standard E