TableIII.

Comparison of the results of the QOL items and domains between patients and controls

Domain or item	Patient	Control	P- value
Overall QOL	3.46(SD=0.901)	3.75(SD=0.845)	0.036
Overall health	3.33(SD=1.017)	4.10(SD=0.831)	<0.001
Physical	64.54(SD=19.028)	71.90(SD=15.374)	0.01
Psychologic	55.14(SD=18.77)	63.06(SD=20.24)	0.007
Social relationship	59.61(SD=21.17)	67.69(SD=18.47)	0.012
Environment	55.84(SD=18.95)	65.00(SD=16.68)	0.001

Note: Item (eg; overall QOL and health) score is 1-5: domain (eg; physical, psychologic, social relationship and, environment) score is 0-100. Higher score indicate better QOL. SD= standard deviation