Table 3.

Data regarding Health Related Quality of Life - SF 36, (Means ± SD) collected at baseline and at the subsequent visit at 15 months

	Baseline	15 months	p-value
SF-36 HRQoL
Physical functioning	78.1 ± 19.2	81.8 ± 18.3	0.17
Role physical	64.5 ± 43.2	82.3 ± 43.2	0.04*
Bodily pain	61.0 ± 25.5	69.0 ± 27.2	0.02*
General health	65.3 ± 20.0	68.4 ± 19.8	0.15
Vitality	54.4 ± 23.5	63.4 ± 23.9	0.02*
Social functioning	82.3 ± 22.1	83.9 ± 21.0	0.63
Role emotional	68.8 ± 44.7	82.8 ± 34.3	0.61
Mental health	77.5 ± 16.5	78.7 ± 19.0	0.85

*p < 0.05.

The measures were tested with a dependent sample t-test. An increase in the different values indicates an improvement.