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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Female Pelvic Med Reconstr Surg. 2015 Nov-Dec;21(6):339–342. doi: 10.1097/SPV.0000000000000189

Table 2.

Bowel Symptom Distress and Impact

Overall
(N=436)
AI
(N=381)
FI
(N=45)
FL
(N=10)
P
(global)
P
(AI vs FI)
P
(FI vs FL)
Total MMHQ,
mean ± SD
51.3 ± 20.8 52.8 ± 20.4 40.9 ± 21.4 39.8 ± 19.4 0.0002 0.0002 0.89
Subscales of MMHQ
1. Impact 57.1 ± 23.5 58.3 ± 22.7 48.9 ± 27.2 47.5 ± 27.5 0.02 0.01 0.86
2. Role 49.8 ± 28.5 51.9 ± 27.5 36.9 ± 30.3 26.3 ± 32.5 <0.0001 0.0007 0.27
3. Physical 51.9 ± 28.8 53.5 ± 27.8 40.8 ± 33.4 38.8 ± 34.6 0.007 0.005 0.83
4. Social 43.3 ± 32.8 44.8 ± 32.6 32.8 ± 33.4 31.3 ± 27.8 0.03 0.02 0.89
5. Relationship 42.4 ± 33.2 44.2 ± 33.1 27.8 ± 31.6 40.0 ± 29.3 0.007 0.002 0.29
6. Emotion 59.8 ± 26.1 61.2 ± 25.1 50.0 ± 32.0 50.0 ± 25.1 0.01 0.007 >0.99
7. Sleep/Energy 38.0 ± 32.0 39.5 ± 32.0 26.9 ± 29.8 32.5 ± 35.5 0.04 0.01 0.62
8. Severity 68.2 ± 20.2 69.2 ± 19.4 62.8 ± 22.1 52.5 ± 32.5 0.04* 0.04** 0.23**
FISI 28.8 ± 12.5 31.0 ± 11.5 15.4 ± 6.8 5.4 ± 2.7 <0.0001* <0.0001** <.0001^
SF-12 Subscale
Score, mean ± SD
PCS 41.5 ± 11.7 41.2 ± 11.7 43.3 ± 12.4 46.4 ± 11.1 0.22 0.27 0.45
MCS 41.6 ± 12.3 41.2 ± 12.4 45.7 ± 12.3 40.9 ± 8.7 0.08 0.03 0.26
*

Kruskal-Wallis

**

two sample t-test

^

Wilcoxon rank-sum test