Table 3.
Health-related quality of life in patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid haemorrhage presented for each domain and for those with and without a psychiatric history at any time
| Domain | Normative dataa | SAH patients | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All | Without psychiatric history | With psychiatric history | ||
| Physical functioning | 87.9 (19.6) | 74.9 (24.2)*** | 81.4 (22.4) | 68.6 (24.6)*** |
| Role—physical | 83.2 (31.8) | 43.6 (44.9)*** | 60.3 (46.1)* | 27.5 (38.0)***(b) |
| Bodily Pain | 74.8 (26.1) | 65.2 (28.3)* | 73.7 (31.1) | 57.2 (23.3)*** (a) |
| General health | 75.8 (22.2) | 65.9 (22.3)*** | 74.6 (22.8) | 58.1 (18.9)*** (b) |
| Vitality | 68.8 (22.8) | 52.5 (26.7)*** | 68.0 (22.7) | 38.0 (21.7)*** (c) |
| Social functioning | 88.6 (20.3) | 76.1 (26.7)*** | 88.8 (23.7) | 63.8 (23.8)*** (c) |
| Role—emotional | 85.7 (29.2) | 57.9 (43.4)*** | 79.8 (34.4) | 36.8 (41.2)*** (c) |
| Mental health | 80.9 (18.9) | 66.6 (24.8)*** | 81.7 (17.4) | 52.5 (22.4)*** (c) |
| N | 8,930 | 59 | 29 | 30 |
Mean (SD) is shown
aNorms for the general Swedish population, Sullivan M, Karlsson RA, Ware JE Jr, 1994, SF-36 Hälsoenkät (Swedish manual and interpretation guide)®
*p < 0.05, **p < 0.01 and ***p < 0.001 denote a significant difference vs. normative population-based data. Similarly (a), (b) and (c) denote differences between those with and those without psychiatric morbidity