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. 2011 Aug 1;2(3):117–125.

Table 1.

The patients experience of HRQL

Physical Health Psychological Health
PF1 RP1 BP1 GH1 VT1 SF1 RE1 MH1
Study group
Mean (n=11)
64.0 61.4 63.8 56.6 43.6 69.3 66.7 65.8
Median (n=11) 70 75 62 52 45 62,5 100 72
SD (n=11) 32.5 42.4 20.9 20.6 19.9 28.2 42.2 26.1
General population
Mean2 (n=8930)
87.9 83.2 74.8 75.8 68.8 88.6 85.7 80.9
SD2 (n=8930) 19.6 31.8 26.1 22.2 22.8 20.3 29.2 18.9
1

Physical function (PF), Role function – Physical (RP), Body Pain (BP), General Health (GH), Vitality (VT), Social function (SF), Role function – Psychological (RE) and Mental Health (MH).

2

Reference values for the Swedish general population: SF-36 [19].