Table 4.
Postoperative scores (3 months after surgery) minus preoperative scores for the eight health concepts on the SF 36-item Short-Form Health Survey, according to mesh-fixation groupa
| Health concept | Mesh-fixation group | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS | DC | NS | p-Value | |
| Physical functioning | 13.5 (6.5 to 20.5) | 2.4 (–3.2 to 7.9) | 9.2 (4.5 to 13.9) | 0.021 |
| Role limitations due to physical problems | 8.6 (–5.2 to 22.4) | 10.8 (–2.1 to 23.8) | 9.2 (–1.5 to 19.9) | 0.97 |
| Role limitations due to emotional problems | 13.2 (–1.6 to 28) | –8.3 (–19.3 to 2.6) | –11.7 (–25.1 to 1.7) | 0.017 |
| Energy/fatigue | 3.2 (–6 to 12.4) | –2 (–7.9 to 3.9) | –3.4 (–7 to 0.2) | 0.32 |
| Emotional well-being | 3.4 (–3.2 to 9.9) | 0.6 (–4 to 5.2) | 1 (–3.2 to 5.2) | 0.71 |
| Social functioning | 8.9 (–0.6 to 18.3) | 1.4 (–5.3 to 8.1) | –2.4 (–8.9 to 4.1) | 0.1 |
| Pain | 20.7 (11.2 to 30.2) | 14.9 (7.8 to 22) | 9.6 (2.5 to 16.7) | 0.14 |
| General health | –15.7 (–23.2 to –8.2) | –13.5 (–18.5 to –8.5) | –13.4 (–18.7 to –8.2) | 0.83 |
AS absorbable sutures, DC double crown, NS nonabsorbable sutures
aValues are mean (95% confidence interval)