Table 4.

Distribution and comparison of the mean short form-36 quality of life scale scores of the reconstructive and aesthetic surgery patients before and after the surgery

Short form-36 quality of life scale	Before surgery		Statistical significance		After surgery		Statistical significance
	Aesthetic surgery n = 43	Reconstructive surgery n = 48			Aesthetic surgery n = 43	Reconstructive surgery n = 48
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	t	p	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	t	p
Physical functioning	95.12 ± 11.36	87.60 ± 23.09	−2.00	0.049	97.91 ± 6.75	92.50 ± 17.69	−1.96	0.06
Social functioning	55.04 ± 25.65	36.81 ± 22.12	−3.64	<0.001	81.40 ± 10.77	82.64 ± 10.48	0.56	0.6
Physical role functioning	77.33 ± 40.76	44.79 ± 46.11	−3.55	<0.001	95.93 ± 12.11	89.58 ± 21.78	−1.74	0.08
Emotional role functioning	44.96 ± 43.57	11.81 ± 27.06	−4.41	<0.001	86.05 ± 24.38	80.56 ± 32.13	−0.91	0.4
Mental health	64.56 ± 20.16	48.83 ± 22.22	−3.52	<0.001	77.40 ± 15.39	76.25 ± 14.54	−0.36	0.7
Vitality/fatigue	65.35 ± 21.34	49.06 ± 25.02	−3.32	<0.001	81.98 ± 13.85	76.77 ± 12.40	−1.89	0.06
Bodily pain	89.92 ± 18.59	62.96 ± 33.16	−4.71	<0.001	99.48 ± 2.37	98.84 ± 5.25	−0.74	0.5
General health	78.14 ± 18.97	59.00 ± 21.67	−4.46	<0.001	82.33 ± 13.30	73.02 ± 14.63	−3.16	0.002
Change as compared with the last year	55.23 ± 11.65	50.52 ± 21.57	−1.31	0.193	63.95 ± 23.97	79.69 ± 16.03	3.72	<0.001

Data were analysed by paired t test

SD standard deviation

*Data were interpreted at the significance level of p < 0.05