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. 2013 Mar 15;13:224. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-224

Table 4.

Health-related quality of life

  Capacity to work Non capacity to work P-value
Health-related Quality of life (SF-36)
 - Physical functioning, mean (SD)
75.5 (22.0)
41.7 (26.4)
 < 0.001
 - Role functioning, mean (SD)
55.0 (39.5)
25.8 (36.3)
 < 0.001
 - Body pain, mean (SD)
71.1 (27.2)
53.4 (29.7)
 < 0.001
 - General health, mean (SD)
56.8 (22.3)
42.7 (18.9)
 < 0.001
 - Vitality, mean (SD)
50.9 (22.5)
38.6 (23.5)
 < 0.001
 - Social functioning, mean (SD)
71.2 (25.5)
59.3 (26.3)
 < 0.001
 - Role emotional, mean (SD)
72.0 (37.9)
57.0 (45.7)
 0.005
 - Mental health, mean (SD) 73.1 (20.3) 64.7 (20.6)  0.002

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) (SF-36) in relation to capacity to work (full or part-time) or non capacity to work.