Table 5.
SF-36 health-related quality of life normalized scores (mean ± SD) according to participation in a student loan programme and gender of 180 students from a private medical school in Salvador, Brazil in 2013
| Domain/Component | Loan + female (n = 51) |
Loan + male (n = 42) |
Non-loan + female (n = 54) |
Non-Loan + male (n = 33) |
P Sex | P Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical functioning | 47.9 ± 7.5 | 51.5 ± 5.8 | 52.5 ± 6.7 | 55.4 ± 3.0 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Role physical | 42.0 ± 11.5 | 44.0 ± 11.7 | 46.0 ± 10.7 | 49.0 ± 10.1 | 0.145 | 0.008 |
| Bodily pain | 47.8 ± 8.9 | 52.1 ± 9.0 | 49.4 ± 9.6 | 52.6 ± 7.9 | 0.006 | 0.430 |
| General health | 43.5 ± 6.8 | 45.1 ± 8.2 | 47.7 ± 5.8 | 49.2 ± 8.1 | 0.126 | 0.001 |
| Vitality | 43.7 ± 8.7 | 47.4 ± 9.8 | 47.0 ± 8.8 | 50.0 ± 10.5 | 0.018 | 0.041 |
| Social functioning | 40.0 ± 11.2 | 43.1 ± 10.0 | 44.5 ± 10.6 | 43.8 ± 8.9 | 0.458 | 0.105 |
| Role emotional | 35.9 ± 13.4 | 41.3 ± 13.7 | 44.4 ± 12.8 | 46.1 ± 12.8 | 0.080 | 0.356 |
| Mental health | 43.7 ± 9.8 | 44.8 ± 10.5 | 45.6 ± 9.2 | 49.6 ± 9.5 | 0.034 | 0.069 |
| PCS | 48.1 ± 7.3 | 50.5 ± 6.3 | 50.9 ± 6.9 | 53.4 ± 5.8 | 0.017 | 0.006 |
| MCS | 38.6 ± 11.5 | 42.1 ± 11.2 | 42.4 ± 11.5 | 45.7 ± 11.7 | 0.062 | 0.030 |
PCS Physical Component Score; MCS Mental Component Score