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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Feb 19.
Published in final edited form as: Physiol Behav. 2015 Aug 7;151:379–385. doi: 10.1016/j.physbeh.2015.08.011

Table 2.

Self-reported quality of life, depression, sleep quality, and cognitive functioning (N=120).

Variable Addison's
disease
Healthy
controls
t p ESE
(n=60) (n=60)
SF-36
 Physical 67.58 (28.58) 89.33 (18.97) 4.91 <.001** 0.90
 Role limitations –
 physical
62.5 (41.69)a 92.50 (22.22) 4.90 <.001** 0.90
 Role limitations –
 emotional
62.22 (43.17) 93.89 (20.81) 5.12 <.001** 0.93
 Energy 48.53 (22.18)a 67.45 (14.36)a 5.45 <.001** 1.01
 Emotional 68.48 (19.50) 81.83 (9.89) 4.73 <.001** 0.86
 Social 72.73 (27.48) 92.92 (12.47) 5.18 <.001** 0.95
 Pain 65.63 (32.36) 88.13 (15.51) 4.86 <.001** 0.89
 General health 50.20 (24.01) 78.05 (14.17)b 7.72 <.001** 1.41
 Overall physical 61.08 (26.83)a 87.04 (12.48)b 6.69 <.001** 1.24
 Overall mental 62.49 (22.60)a 83.98 (10.84)a 6.53 <.001** 1.21
BDI-II 12.36 (10.27)a 3.37 (3.76) −6.28 <.001** 1.17
PSQI
 Sleep quality 1.18 (0.93) 0.72 (0.61) −3.25 .002* 0.58
 Sleep latency 1.28 (1.13) 0.71 (0.87)b −3.08 .003* 0.56
 Sleep duration 1.02 (0.87) 0.72 (0.56) −2.25 .027* 0.41
 Sleep efficiency 0.93 (1.06) 0.42 (0.67) −3.20 .002* 0.58
 Sleep disturbances 1.42 (0.70) 0.97 (0.52) −4.01 <.001** 0.73
 Use of sleep medication 1.02 (1.40) 0.20 (0.55) −4.22 <.001** 0.77
 Daytime dysfunction 1.02 (0.85) 0.50 (0.50) −4.04 <.001** 0.75
CFQ
 Clumsiness 4.12 (3.68) 2.75 (2.17) −2.48 .015* 0.45
 Intention forgotten 3.17 (2.66) 2.08 (1.73) −2.65 .009* 0.49
 Retrieval 8.46 (4.30)b 5.15 (3.40) −4.66 <.001** 0.85

Note. SF-36=Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey; BDI-II=Beck Depression Inventory–Second Edition; PSQI=Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; CFQ=Cognitive Failures Questionnaire; and ESE=effect size estimate; in this case, Cohen's d.

a

Data based on 58 participants.

b

Data based on 59 participants.

*

p < .05.

**

p < .002 (i.e., statistically significant after the Bonferroni correction).