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. 2013 Sep 10;13:69. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-13-69

Table 3.

Associations between baseline health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychosocial variables, and 6 month HRQoL (N=294)

 
 
 
Physical HRQoL
 
 
Mental HRQoL
 
Characteristic
N
Mean (SD)
Mean difference
p
Mean (SD)
Mean difference
p
      (95% CI)     (95% CI)  
HRQoL (0–100)a
294
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Physical HRQoL
 
-
0.5 (0.4, 0.6)
<0.001
-
0.1 (0.0, 0.3)
0.04
  Mental HRQoL
 
-
0.2 (0.1, 0.3)
<0.001
-
0.4 (0.4, 0.5)
<0.001
   Physical Functioning (PF)
 
-
0.4 (0.3, 0.5)
<0.001
-
0.2 (0.1, 0.3)
<0.001
   Role Physical (RP)
 
-
0.3 (0.2, 0.4)
<0.001
-
0.2 (0.0, 0.3)
0.01
   Bodily Pain (BP)
 
-
0.2 (0.1, 0.3)
<0.001
-
0.2 (0.1, 0.2)
<0.01
   General Health (GH)
 
-
0.7 (0.6, 0.8)
<0.001
-
0.3 (0.2, 0.5)
<0.001
   Vitality (VT)
 
-
0.4 (0.3, 0.5)
<0.001
-
0.4 (0.3, 0.5)
<0.001
   Social Functioning (SF)
 
-
0.2 (0.1, 0.3)
<0.001
-
0.3 (0.2, 0.4)
<0.001
   Role Emotional (RE)
 
-
0.2 (0.1, 0.3)
<0.001
-
0.3 (0.2, 0.3)
<0.001
   Mental Health (MH)
 
-
0.3 (0.2, 0.4)
<0.001
-
0.5 (0.4, 0.6)
<0.001
Anxiousb (range 0–21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  No (0–7)
205
46.7 (10.9)
 
 
53.6 (8.7)
 
 
  Yes (8–21)
88
42.8 (11.5)
-4.0 (-6.8, -1.2)
<0.01
43.3 (12.9)
-10.3 (-12.8, -7.7)
<0.001
Depressedb (range 0–21)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  No (0–7)
241
46.7 (10.9)
 
 
53.0 (8.5)
 
 
  Yes (8–21)
52
40.2 (11.5)
-6.6 (-9.9, -3.3)
<0.001
39.2 (14.5)
-13.8 (-16.7, -10.8)
<0.001
Social Supporta,b (range 10–34) 293 - 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) <0.001 - 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) <0.001

aHigher scores indicate greater functioning. bDue to missing data N=293.