Table 4.
Median QOL scores
| Time 1 | Time 2 | Time 3 | Time 1 vs Time 2 |
Time 1 vs Time 3 |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (range) | 6 Weeks Post-op (range) |
4 Months Post-op (range) |
p-value | p-value | |
| SF-121 | |||||
| PCS | 51.4 (12.2, 69.5) | 41.6 (14.5, 62.4) | 53.5 (17.0, 65.1) | <.001 | 0.81 |
| MCS | 48.6 (12.5, 67.0) | 52.8 (13.2, 70.2) | 55.6 (7.8, 65.6) | <.001 | <.001 |
| MDASI2 | |||||
| Symptom Severity |
1.04 (0.0 7.9) | 0.85 (0.0, 6.7) | 0.62 (0.0, 8.3) | 0.04 | <.001 |
| Symptom Interference |
1.0 (0.0, 8.83) | 0.83 (0.0, 9.5) | 0.17 (0.0, 10.0) | 0.32 | <.001 |
| FSFI3 | |||||
| Total | 8.6 (0.0, 35.4) | - | 20.2 (0.0, 36.0) | - | <.001 |
| Desire | 2.4 (1.2, 6.0) | - | 3.6 (1.2, 6.0) | - | .001 .005 |
| Arousal | 1.2 (0.0, 6.0) | - | 3.3 (0.0, 6.0) | - | <.001 |
| Lubrication | 0.3 (0.0, 6.0) | - | 3.6 (0.0, 6.0) | - | .001 |
| Orgasm | 0.0 (0.0, 6.0) | - | 3.4 (0.0, 6.0) | - | <.001 |
| Satisfaction | 4.0 (0.8, 6.0) | - | 4.8 (0.8, 6.0) | - | <.001 |
| Pain | 0.0 (0.0, 6.0) | - | 4.8 (0.0, 6.0) | ||
| Time 2 vs Time 3 | |||||
| SWD4 | - | 30.0 (6.0, 30.0) | 30.0 (6.0, 30.0) | .11 | |
The SF-12 consists of the physical and mental health summary measures: PCS refers to the Physical Component Scale and MCS is the Mental Component Scale. Scores range from 0 to 100. Higher scores reflect better health function.
The MDASI consists of symptom severity and symptom interference component scores. Component scores range from 0 to 10. Higher scores reflect worse symptom burden.
The FSFI consists of six domains which are scored and summed to arrive at a total score which may range from 2.0 to 36.0. The minimum and maximum score for each domain are as follows: Desire (1.2 to 6.0), Arousal, Lubrication, Orgasm, and Pain domains (0.0 to 6.0), and Satisfaction (0.8 to 6.0). Higher scores reflect better functioning.
The SWD score ranges from 6 – 30, with higher scores reflect higher satisfaction with decision.