Table 2. Comparison of the Medical Outcomes Study Short Form-36 (SF-36) scores for the radical prostatectomy (RP) and external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) groups.
| RP group, mean index |
EBRT group, mean index |
P-value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total (n = 62) | Low-risk (n = 27) | Intermediate-risk (n = 22) | High-risk (n = 13) | Total (n = 54) | Low-risk (n = 9) | Intermediate-risk (n = 20) | High-risk (n = 25) | Total | Low-risk | Intermediate-risk | High-risk | |
| PF | 87.3 ± 14.2 | 88.2 ± 11.5 | 88.8 ± 11.9 | 83.2 ± 21.3 | 78.6 ± 20.8 | 75.9 ± 25.8 | 70.7 ± 24.4 | 85.8 ± 12.8 | 0.011 | 0.228 | 0.006 | 0.644 |
| RP | 82.3 ± 33.5 | 86.5 ± 27.6 | 77.5 ± 38.0 | 81.3 ± 38.6 | 70.3 ± 38.0 | 69.4 ± 42.9 | 63.2 ± 41.1 | 76.0 ± 34.2 | 0.079 | 0.289 | 0.265 | 0.678 |
| BP | 84.8 ± 20.9 | 86.3 ± 17.6 | 85.9 ± 20.8 | 79.8 ± 27.4 | 80.8 ± 23.1 | 81.7 ± 23.4 | 74.2 ± 23.8 | 85.5 ± 22.0 | 0.327 | 0.530 | 0.101 | 0.496 |
| SF | 91.3 ± 15.1 | 94.0 ± 10.6 | 89.8 ± 17.5 | 88.5 ± 18.7 | 90.7 ± 18.4 | 86.1 ± 25.3 | 87.5 ± 21.5 | 95.0 ± 11.4 | 0.850 | 0.389 | 0.708 | 0.189 |
| GH | 61.5 ± 20.4 | 58.2 ± 19.8 | 66.9 ± 20.2 | 59.4 ± 22.1 | 60.1 ± 16.3 | 51.4 ± 13.5 | 57.0 ± 16.2 | 65.0 ± 15.7 | 0.678 | 0.371 | 0.107 | 0.384 |
| VT | 75.3 ± 19.5 | 74.4 ± 18.5 | 76.7 ± 18.2 | 75.0 ± 25.0 | 74.6 ± 19.5 | 69.4 ± 30.2 | 72.2 ± 17.5 | 77.9 ± 16.6 | 0.843 | 0.665 | 0.456 | 0.679 |
| RE | 78.5 ± 39.0 | 84.6 ± 31.6 | 68.3 ± 46.5 | 83.3 ± 38.9 | 77.4 ± 38.5 | 70.4 ± 45.5 | 76.7 ± 40.6 | 80.6 ± 35.3 | 0.873 | 0.403 | 0.542 | 0.831 |
| MH | 77.4 ± 18.3 | 76.2 ± 19.9 | 78.5 ± 18.9 | 78.3 ± 14.6 | 81.8 ± 17.8 | 70.0 ± 28.5 | 81.0 ± 14.3 | 86.8 ± 12.8 | 0.211 | 0.480 | 0.659 | 0.083 |
Abbreviations: PF, physical function; RP, role-physical; BP, bodily pain; SF, social function; GH, general health; VT, vitality; RE, role-emotional; MH, mental health.