Table 3.
Health status at baseline, 4, 8 and 12 months
| Questionnaire | Domain | Baseline | 4 months | 8 months | 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EQ-5D |
Mobilityc |
1.85 (0.39) |
1.83 (0.44) |
1.90 (0.41) |
1.97 (0.32)b |
| |
Self-Care |
1.60 (0.62) |
1.67 (0.68) |
1.78 (0.66)b |
1.76 (0.68)b |
| |
Usual activities |
1.99 (0.60) |
2.15 (0.58)b |
2.14 (0.58)b |
2.13 (0.70) |
| |
Pain/discomfort |
1.56 (0.64) |
1.40 (0.60)b |
1.55 (0.66) |
1.47 (0.61) |
| |
Anxiety/depression |
1.47 (0.66) |
1.35 (0.63)b |
1.41 (0.62) |
1.33 (0.61)b |
| |
Index score |
0.55 (0.30) |
0.57 (0.31) |
0.52 (0.32) |
0.51 (0.31) |
| |
VAS |
64.1 (13.2) |
61.7 (15.1) |
61.9 (14.5) |
60.6 (13.4)b |
| AQoL |
Illness |
0.18 (0.16) |
0.23 (0.16)b |
0.24 (0.16)b |
0.24 (0.17)b |
| |
Independent living |
0.63 (0.27) |
0.59 (0.28) |
0.54 (0.28)b |
0.53 (0.29)b |
| |
Social relationshipsc |
0.85 (0.20) |
0.82 (0.21) |
0.81 (0.21) |
0.84 (0.18) |
| |
Physical senses |
0.93 (0.09) |
0.94 (0.08) |
0.93 (0.09) |
0.94 (0.08) |
| |
Psychological wellbeing |
0.97 (0.13) |
0.90 (0.12)b |
0.90 (0.14) |
0.91 (0.11)b |
| |
Total |
0.50 (0.27) |
0.48 (0.26) |
0.44 (0.26)b |
0.45 (0.24)b |
| SF-36 |
Physical Functioning |
22.3 (20.8) |
19.9 (20.0) |
21.6 (20.2) |
20.3 (21.4) |
| |
Role-physicalc |
38.4 (43.2) |
37.8 (45.0) |
48.8 (46.8) |
41.9 (46.9) |
| |
Bodily pain |
72.8 (28.3) |
75.2 (29.0) |
72.0 (30.4) |
76.5 (28.9) |
| |
General health |
30.1 (19.2) |
27.6 (18.2) |
28.5 (16.7) |
28.2 (19.9) |
| |
Vitality |
51.3 (19.1) |
53.9 (17.9) |
53.4 (17.0) |
52.7 (18.3) |
| |
Social functioning |
67.0 (25.7) |
67.6 (26.7) |
62.7 (28.6) |
63.2 (28.7) |
| |
Role-emotionalc |
63.6 (44.8) |
67.8 (42.9) |
67.1 (45.0) |
70.2 (43.7) |
| |
Mental health |
69.7 (19.3) |
70.6 (19.7) |
69.4 (18.6) |
69.4 (17.6) |
| |
PCS |
22.9 (9.2) |
21.8 (9.6) |
23.4 (10.5) |
22.6 (10.4) |
| |
MCS |
47.7 (14.4) |
49.5 (14.6) |
47. 6 (14.4) |
48.5 (13.2) |
| SGRQa |
Symptoms |
59.3 (22.9) |
56.4 (20.9) |
57.2 (19.4) |
58.2 (18.2) |
| |
Activity |
73.6 (21.3) |
77.1 (18.2) |
74.1 (22.1) |
76.8 (19.7) |
| |
Impact |
43.6 (17.7) |
43.6 (16.0) |
42.3 (17.0) |
43.3 (17.5) |
| Total | 55.3 (16.0) | 55.9 (14.5) | 54.3 (16.2) | 56.3 (15.2) |
Values expressed in points as mean (standard deviation [SD]). Bold printed numbers show significant (p ≤0.05) results. Abbreviations: please see legend Table 2. a n = 84; b p = ≤0.05 vs. baseline; c non parametric statistic tests were used because of skewed data.