Table 8.
SF-36v2™ norm-based results in carers of ME/CFS patients and age-gender norms (n = 43)
| Males (n = 25) | Females (n = 18) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF-36 scores | Carers mean |
SDa | Age norm mean mean |
SDa | Carers mean |
SDa | Age norm mean mean |
SDa | P-value1 |
| Physical Component Summary | 50.3 | 7.7 | 50.9 | 9.5 | 47.4 | 11.6 | 48.5 | 8.7 | 0.161 |
| • Physical Functioning | 50.7 | 7.9 | 51.5 | 8.9 | 46.3 | 12.7 | 48.7 | 8.4 | 0.081 |
| • Role-Physical | 49.7 | 7.6 | 51.3 | 9.6 | 45.3 | 12.4 | 49.6 | 8.4 | 0.079 |
| • Bodily Pain | 50.4 | 10.6 | 50.5 | 9.9 | 49.5 | 11.3 | 48.2 | 8.5 | 0.607 |
| • General Health | 47.5 | 12.5 | 50.4 | 10.2 | 43.0 | 11.3 | 49.3 | 8.8 | 0.113 |
| Mental Component Summary | 47.9 | 13.4 | 50.9 | 10.3 | 41.8 | 10.9 | 50.2 | 8.1 | 0.060 |
| • Vitality | 49.7 | 11.8 | 51.7 | 10.4 | 41.0 | 11.0 | 49.4 | 8.3 | 0.008 |
| • Social Functioning | 47.9 | 12.6 | 50.6 | 10.4 | 44.1 | 12.5 | 49.7 | 8.4 | 0.168 |
| • Role-Emotional | 46.7 | 11.8 | 51.3 | 9.6 | 44.2 | 11.7 | 50.3 | 8.2 | 0.249 |
| • Mental Health | 50.2 | 12.9 | 50.8 | 10.5 | 43.0 | 11.2 | 49.6 | 8.3 | 0.026 |
aSD = Standard Deviation; 1 t-test for comparing carers scores by gender;