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Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol Behav Med. 2015 Feb 20;3(1):82–93. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2015.1014489

Table 4. Comparison of RAND-36 and Symptom Scores.

	Control	Did Not Meet Criteria¹	Met Criteria¹	Sig.
	(n = 80)	(n = 88)	(n = 145)
	M (SD)	M (SD)	M (SD)
RAND-36 Subscale²
Physical Functioning	94.5 0(9.3)^ab	46.6 (24.6)^ac	32.0 (20.9)^bc	^***
Role Physical	93.4 (20.7)^ab	7.5 (18.3)^a	2.8 (12.5)^b	^***
Bodily Pain	86.0 (15.2)^ab	55.4 (24.7)^ac	40.5 (21.5)^bc	^***
General Health	82.2 (13.9)^ab	30.1 (19.5)^ac	23.0 (14.9)^bc	^***
Social Functioning	93.2 (14.3)^ab	41.2 (28.5)^ac	22.4 (21.5)^bc	^***
Mental Health Functioning	80.1 (15.0)^ab	69.9 (14.5)^a	65.9 (20.3)^b	^***
Role Emotional	92.0 (20.8)^ab	78.2 (37.3)^a	66.7 (43.3)^b	^***
Vitality	71.3 (17.7)^ab	20.2 (16.3)^ac	11.8 (12.1)^bc	^***
Symptom Scores³
Fatigue / Extreme tiredness	17.6 (19.3)^ab	71.6 (19.7)^ac	84.6 (13.3)^bc	^***
Physically drained / sick after mild activity	2.8 (10.8)^ab	56.6 (31.7)^ac	80.0 (17.3)^bc	^***
Difficulty finding the right word to say or expressing thoughts	15.0 (15.1)^ab	39.8 (21.9)^ac	76.0 (17.0)^bc	^***
Unrefreshing sleep	23.9 (22.6)^ab	69.8 (25.8)^ac	84.6 (15.9)^bc	^***
Total symptom score	37.9 (37.7)^ab	151.1 (49.3)^ac	221.8 (55.4)^bc	^***

^***

p <0.001

“Criteria” indicate frequency and severity scores of 2 or greater for the four symptoms identified in the decision tree analyses

Higher scores indicate better functioning

Higher scores indicate worse symptoms