Table 3 . Quality of life (QOL) assessment with MQ and SF-36 measures .
| TA group (n= 38) | PG group (n=38) | ***p | ||||||
|
Before treatment mean (SD) |
After treatment mean (SD) |
Mean difference |
Before treatment mean (SD) |
After treatment mean (SD) |
Mean difference |
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| Menorrhagia Questionnaire (score) | 47.6 (16.72) |
23.95 (13.78)* |
23.61 | 42.05 (13.77) | 19.84 (10.18)** | 22.2 | 0.14 | |
| SF-36 Questionnaire (score) | ||||||||
|
Physical Health |
Physical functioning | 79.1 (14.65) |
83.7 (11.83)* |
4.60 | 79.2 (13.00) | 80.1 (11.88) | 0.92 | 0.19 |
| Role-physical | 50.6 (28.76) |
62.5 (21.55) * |
11.84 | 56.6 (27.63) | 61.2 (27.69) ** | 4.6 | 0.87 | |
| Bodily pain | 58. 4 (24.33) |
60.3 (21.87) |
1.84 | 60.0 (20.53) | 66.3 (19.64)** | 6.31 | 0.20 | |
| General health | 54.5 (19.98) |
67.3 (14.84)* |
12.78 | 50.6 (20.19) | 57.0 (19.93)** | 6.36 | 0.01 | |
|
Mental Health |
Vitality |
47.63 (23.29) |
63.5 (15.72)* |
15.92 | 46.6 (20.66) | 61.0 (17.05)** | 14.47 | 0.50 |
| Social functioning | 67.4 (20.66) |
75.3 (13.78) * |
7.89 |
64.1 (15.42) |
78.0 (12.13)** | 13.81 | 0.40 | |
| Role-emotional | 51.7 (33.51) |
59.6 (23.45) * |
7.89 | 57.9 (29.69) | 63.1 (27.71) ** | 5.2 | 0.48 | |
| Mental health | 61.0 (25.00) |
74.1 (15.69)* |
13.05 |
63.0 (23.66) |
70.4 (17.51)** | 7.36 | 0.33 | |
* p< 0.001 compared with TA before treatment (Paired t test)
** p< 0.001 compared with golnar group before treatment (Paired t test)
***p after treatment comparison of TA and PG groups(t test)