Table 6. Responsiveness of the SF-36v2 and the QOL-DAv2.0: scores (mean ± SD) and standardized response mean (SRM) stratified on improvement, status quo, or deterioration in health status (N = 1010).
| Measurement of time |
|
Sd | SRM | ||
| Pretest Posttest | |||||
| Health status: improvement | n = 33 | n = 33 | |||
| SF-36v2 | |||||
| Physical component summary (PCS) | 44.93 ± 6.94 | 48.25 ± 7.14 | 3.32* | 8.72 | 0.38 |
| Mental component summary (MCS) | 34.64 ± 12.85 | 38.69 ± 6.50 | 4.05 | 14.15 | 0.29 |
| Physical functioning (PF) | 45.65 ± 8.57 | 48.49 ± 7.85 | 2.84 | 10.70 | 0.27 |
| Role-physical (RP) | 38.51 ± 9.89 | 44.70 ± 8.74 | 6.19** | 12.60 | 0.49 |
| Bodily pain (BP) | 42.58 ± 11.14 | 46.63 ± 10.81 | 4.04 | 12.87 | 0.31 |
| General health (GH) | 36.89 ± 8.52 | 40.39 ± 6.79 | 3.50* | 8.38 | 0.42 |
| Vitality (VT) | 44.41 ± 10.97 | 45.22 ± 8.17 | 0.81 | 13.33 | 0.06 |
| Social functioning (SF) | 39.41 ± 11.21 | 42.30 ± 10.18 | 2.89 | 13.38 | 0.22 |
| Role-emotional (RE) | 32.75 ± 13.77 | 38.55 ± 9.92 | 5.80* | 15.85 | 0.37 |
| Mental health (MH) | 35.49 ± 11.57 | 40.48 ± 7.15 | 4.99* | 12.94 | 0.39 |
| QOL-DAv2.0 | |||||
| Physiology (PH) | 25.45 ± 5.48 | 28.33 ± 5.87 | 2.88* | 6.47 | 0.45 |
| Psychology (PS) | 29.88 ± 8.29 | 30.85 ± 7.76 | 0.97 | 8.81 | 0.11 |
| Society (SO) | 31.61 ± 7.44 | 34.03 ± 7.09 | 2.42 | 7.62 | 0.32 |
| Symptoms (ST) | 40.64 ± 8.91 | 41.88 ± 10.10 | 1.24 | 11.29 | 0.11 |
| Total score | 127.58 ± 24.27 | 135.09 ± 26.51 | 7.52 | 24.41 | 0.31 |
| Health status: status quo | n = 216 | n = 216 | |||
| SF-36v2 | |||||
| Physical component summary (PCS) | 45.47 ± 8.62 | 46.47 ± 8.71 | 1.00 | 7.61 | 0.13 |
| Mental component summary (MCS) | 37.56 ± 11.16 | 39.18 ± 11.59 | 1.62* | 10.64 | 0.15 |
| Physical functioning (PF) | 47.15 ± 8.18 | 47.45 ± 8.67 | 0.30 | 8.28 | 0.04 |
| Role-physical (RP) | 41.95 ± 11.23 | 43.16 ± 11.08 | 1.22 | 11.28 | 0.11 |
| Bodily pain (BP) | 44.85 ± 11.17 | 46.06 ± 11.82 | 1.21 | 11.87 | 0.10 |
| General health (GH) | 35.31 ± 10.70 | 37.58 ± 11.37 | 2.27** | 8.52 | 0.27 |
| Vitality (VT) | 43.33 ± 10.77 | 44.99 ± 11.29 | 1.66* | 10.19 | 0.16 |
| Social functioning (SF) | 41.63 ± 11.15 | 43.09 ± 10.50 | 1.46 | 11.11 | 0.13 |
| Role-emotional (RE) | 37.44 ± 13.17 | 39.15 ± 12.54 | 1.71 | 14.90 | 0.11 |
| Mental health (MH) | 38.58 ± 11.07 | 39.54 ± 11.66 | 0.97 | 10.50 | 0.09 |
| QOL-DAv2.0 | |||||
| Physiology (PH) | 26.19 ± 7.21 | 27.46 ± 8.26 | 1.27** | 6.59 | 0.19 |
| Psychology (PS) | 30.48 ± 8.93 | 30.87 ± 9.43 | 0.39 | 8.22 | 0.05 |
| Society (SO) | 33.72 ± 7.99 | 34.93 ± 8.54 | 1.21* | 7.28 | 0.17 |
| Symptoms (ST) | 40.84 ± 9.77 | 40.57 ± 11.16 | -0.27 | 9.74 | -0.03 |
| Total score | 131.23 ± 28.85 | 133.83 ± 33.37 | 2.61 | 24.96 | 0.10 |
| Health status: deterioration | n = 761 | n = 761 | |||
| SF-36v2 | |||||
| Physical component summary (PCS) | 49.72 ± 7.62 | 48.15 ± 7.57 | -1.57** | 7.19 | -0.22 |
| Mental component summary (MCS) | 42.62 ± 10.13 | 40.54 ± 10.35 | -2.08** | 10.05 | -0.21 |
| Physical functioning (PF) | 50.55 ± 7.00 | 49.49 ± 7.25 | -1.06** | 7.29 | -0.15 |
| Role-physical (RP) | 46.70 ± 10.09 | 44.96 ± 9.91 | -1.74** | 10.64 | -0.16 |
| Bodily pain (BP) | 49.86 ± 10.41 | 47.50 ± 10.29 | -2.36** | 10.79 | -0.22 |
| General health (GH) | 41.51 ± 10.86 | 38.96 ± 10.68 | -2.55** | 9.85 | -0.26 |
| Vitality (VT) | 48.23 ± 9.98 | 46.53 ± 10.18 | -1.69** | 9.96 | -0.17 |
| Social functioning (SF) | 45.94 ± 9.45 | 44.60 ± 9.58 | -1.34** | 10.09 | -0.13 |
| Role-emotional (RE) | 43.23 ± 11.23 | 40.64 ± 11.60 | -2.58** | 12.26 | -0.21 |
| Mental health (MH) | 43.09 ± 9.96 | 41.18 ± 10.20 | -1.91** | 10.00 | -0.19 |
| QOL-DAv2.0 | |||||
| Physiology (PH) | 30.85 ± 6.71 | 29.05 ± 7.03 | -1.81** | 5.79 | -0.31 |
| Psychology (PS) | 34.56 ± 8.30 | 32.93 ± 8.67 | -1.63** | 7.82 | -0.21 |
| Society (SO) | 37.18 ± 7.27 | 36.06 ± 7.87 | -1.12** | 6.66 | -0.17 |
| Symptoms (ST) | 45.52 ± 8.37 | 43.12 ± 9.26 | -2.40** | 8.86 | -0.27 |
| Total score | 148.11 ± 26.39 | 141.16 ± 28.61 | -6.95** | 23.23 | -0.30 |
SD: standard deviation.
: mean difference between posttest score and pretest score.
Sd: standard deviation of the difference between posttest score and pretest score.
SRM: standardized response mean was calculated as 
/Sd. The SRM ≥ 0.20 was in bold.
Paired-samples t-test: * P < 0.05. ** P < 0.01.