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. 2012 Dec 12;12:1073. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-1073

Table 1.

Summary of SF-36 for three study arms

Variables Baseline
12 Months
18 Months
W
WB
C
W
WB
C
W
WB
C
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
N
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
Mean ± Sd
Mean ± SD
Mean ± SD
      W Vs. C(P) WB Vs. C(P) WB Vs. W(P) W Vs. C(P) WB Vs. C(P) WB Vs. W(P)
Physical Functioning
79
69
74
44
43
41
44
42
36
63.003 ± 18.332
66.449 ± 19.157
67.275 ± 20.446
70.088 ± 18.819
68.127 ± 19.694
68.171 ± 26.381
68.157 ± 21.308
63.254 ± 25.705
75.694 ± 19.645
 
 
 
(0.250)
(0.982)
(0.234)
(0.836)
*(0.012)
*(0.015)
Role Physical
78
69
74
44
44
41
44
42
36
52.350 ± 40.064
69.203 ± 35.393
56.757 ± 39.755
61.742 ± 39.755
59.659 ± 41.138
65.854 ± 42.484
57.386 ± 40.556
60.119 ± 40.971
68.519 ± 39.345
 
 
 
(0.909)
(0.063)
*(0.044)
(0.864)
(0.058)
(0.071)
Pain Index
78
69
74
44
44
41
44
42
36
60.487 ± 16.040
67.348 ± 18.261
62.149 ± 18.762
63.818 ± 19.134
63.795 ± 20.124
67.805 ± 18.378
65.045 ± 18.881
61.167 ± 18.322
67.444 ± 18.315
 
 
 
(0.581)
*(0.026)
(0.082)
(0.491)
*(0.030)
*(0.003)
General Health Perceptions
79
68
74
44
44
41
44
42
36
67.873 ± 18.214
70.838 ± 20.465
70.635 ± 17.434
67.619 ± 17.484
68.926 ± 19.008
72.000 ± 18.358
69.307 ± 19.189
66.143 ± 20.483
69.917 ± 18.243
 
 
 
(0.223)
(0.089)
(0.605)
(0.226)
(0.496)
(0.051)
Vitality
79
68
74
44
44
41
44
42
36
58.481 ± 17.711
60.588 ± 21.152
60.473 ± 18.984
62.045 ± 19.628
60.341 ± 19.778
64.756 ± 18.267
60.152 ± 21.858
58.929 ± 18.791
66.157 ± 17.839
 
 
 
(0.856)
(0.475)
(0.359)
(0.845)
(0.517)
(0.380)
Social Functioning
79
69
74
44
44
41
44
42
36
80.380 ± 22.080
85.507 ± 18.394
82.432 ± 20.474
79.545 ± 22.889
84.375 ± 18.309
85.671 ± 20.264
78.125 ± 26.704
84.226 ± 19.533
79.167 ± 21.547
 
 
 
(0.266)
(0.168)
(0.775)
(0.232)
(0.735)
(0.379)
Role Emotional
78
69
74
44
44
41
44
42
36
75.214 ± 37.000
84.058 ± 29.488
74.324 ± 37.643
85.606 ± 30.835
81.061 ± 32.468
82.927 ± 35.057
75.000 ± 40.106
80.159 ± 31.286
82.407 ± 33.320
 
 
 
(0.949)
(0.170)
(0.144)
(0.597)
(0.290)
(0.574)
Mental Health Index
78
68
74
44
44
41
44
42
36
76.500 ± 17.558
77.588 ± 15.670
80.365 ± 13.974
78.364 ± 16.007
80.000 ± 14.823
81.366 ± 14.411
77.114 ± 17.926
77.405 ± 15.759
79.333 ± 14.890
 
 
 
(0.735)
(0.909)
(0.822)
(0.597)
(0.880)
(0.486)
Health Transition Item
79
69
74
43
43
41
44
42
36 2.639 ± 0.899
2.975 ± 0.987
3.014 ± 0.737
2.959 ± 0.818
2.419 ± 0.852
2.698 ± 0.914
2.463 ± 0.840
2.727 ± 0.924
3.024 ± 1.024
(0.459)
 
 
 
(0.821)
(0.564)
(0.415)
(0.832)
(0.356)
 
Standardized Physical Component
77
68
74
44
43
41
44
42
36
40.516 ± 8.598
43.645 ± 8.656
41.996 ± 9.100
42.508 ± 9.229
42.192 ± 10.066
43.464 ± 9.409
42.820 ± 9.240
40.909 ± 11.038
45.149 ± 8.930
 
 
 
(0.804)
(0.135)
(0.074)
(0.703)
*(0.009)
*(0.002)
Standardized Mental Component
77
68
74
44
43
41
44
42
36
52.914 ± 10.845
53.812 ± 8.639
53.556 ± 8.995
53.819 ± 9.852
54.476 ± 7.329
55.162 ± 8.540
51.993 ± 11.000
53.922 ± 9.023
53.101 ± 9.914
        (0.595) (0.436) (0.795) (0.688) (0.638) (0.937)