. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 May 28.

Published in final edited form as: Respir Med. 2015 Feb 7;109(4):526–531. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.01.019

Table 2.

Unadjusted comparison of mean scores between prednisone does groups (<500 mg/year versus >500 mg/year)^*.

PRO module	>500 mg prednisone/year	<=500 mg prednisone/year	Minimum important difference^**	p-Value
SHQ total [+]	4.14 (0.33)	4.18 (0.37)	N/A	0.61
SHQ physical [+]	4.14 (0.70)	4.01 (0.70)	N/A	0.11
SHQ daily [+]	4.42 (0.46)	4.73 (0.41)	N/A	0.02
SHQ emotional [+]	3.87 (0.48)	3.79 (0.51)	N/A	0.41
SAT pain [–]	54.5 (10.0)	51.76 (10.3)	3.2	0.15
SAT fatigue [–]	55.5 (11.4)	52.4 (10.5)	3.1	0.13
SAT satisfaction [+]	46.5 (10.7)	50.9 (11.4)	3.0	0.03
SAT daily activities [+]	42.1 (7.5)	45.6 (9.8)	3.0	0.03
SAT lung [–]	45.73 (9.1)	43.0 (9.6)	2.7	0.13

SHQ: Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire; SAT: sarcoidosis assessment tool;

: standard deviations given in the parentheses;

^**

previously established (REF# 16);

[+]: higher score indicates better quality of life; [–]: lower score indicates better quality of life; N/A: not applicable as minimum important difference has not been determined for the Sarcoidosis Health Questionnaire.