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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jul 1.
Published in final edited form as: Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2012 Jul-Aug;18(4):205–210. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0b013e31825e6422

Table 3.

Mean change and responsiveness in Activity Assessment Scale score from 2-weeks to 6-months postoperatively by change in SF-36 Physical Function

SF-36 Physical Functioning N Total = 148 mean (SD) at 2-weeks mean (SD) at 6 month follow-up Mean AAS Change (SD) Effect size P- value*
Improved 123 76.77 (20.24) 94.19 (12.08) 17.42 (19) 0.86 0.020
No Change 11 85.57 (13.78) 93.15 (9.34) 7.57 (12.4) 0.55
Worse 14 81.4 (19.66) 85.55 (17.82) 4.15 (24.5) 0.21
*

F-statistics testing whether AAS change differs among the three categories according to SF-36 physical functioning subscale.

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For 2-week < 40: +/− 2 points for “no change” category, > 2 for “improving”, < −2 for “worsening”;

For 2-week ≥ 40: +/− 3 points for “no change” category, > 3 for “improving”, < −3 for “worsening”