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. 2016 Jun 18;25(11):2787–2798. doi: 10.1007/s11136-016-1316-4

Table 3.

Physical component summary (PCS) and mental component summary (MCS) mean scores, standard deviations and Cronbach’s Alpha grouped by region and countries (mean PCS or MCS scores >1 standard deviation below the standardized mean of 50 are bold)

Mean | standard deviation | α Min | max score 25th | 50th | 75th percentile
PCS MCS PCS MCS PCS MCS
Eastern Europe [N = 1160] 35.9 | 8.5 | 0.87 44.7 | 10.0 | 0.88 14.0 | 61.4 17.6 | 70.8 29.5 | 34.4 | 41.7 37.0 | 45.1 | 52.5
Hungary [N = 263] 35.5 | 8.6 | 0.89 45.4 | 11.8 | 0.90 14.0 | 57.7 19.7 | 70.8 29.4 | 34.7 | 41.4 35.8 | 45.9 | 55.4
Poland [N = 314] 38.1 | 10.1 | 0.88 46.3 | 9.9 | 0.88 18.8 | 60.5 21.1 | 65.6 30.0 | 36.9 | 45.7 39.5 | 47.4 | 54.0
Russia [N = 304] 34.1 | 6.9 | 0.86 43.3 | 9.6 | 0.89 18.3 | 59.3 20.6 | 63.2 29.0 | 33.1 | 38.2 35.9 | 42.9 | 50.7
Ukraine [N = 279] 35.6 | 7.6 | 0.86 43.8 | 8.5 | 0.87 18.2 | 61.4 17.6 | 63.9 29.9 | 34.3 | 41.9 37.5 | 43.7 | 50.5
English speaking [N = 1231] 39.7 | 10.9 | 0.92 49.8 | 10.1 | 0.87 13.0 | 63.8 17.9 | 73.7 30.5 | 40.0 | 48.8 42.3 | 51.4 | 58.2
Australia [N = 220] 38.1 | 11.2 | 0.90 48.1 | 10.8 | 0.87 16.2 | 63.8 22.6 | 66.2 28.1 | 35.5 | 48.7 39.6 | 49.4 | 57.8
Canada [N = 328] 42.4 | 10.5 | 0.91 51.0 | 9.4 | 0.87 13.0 | 61.6 21.6 | 67.2 35.9 | 44.0 | 50.6 45.3 | 53.5 | 58.5
Ireland/UK [N = 266] 38.4 | 11.0 | 0.92 50.6 | 9.8 | 0.86 14.1 | 62.4 17.9 | 66.9 29.5 | 38.5 | 47.4 44.8 | 52.2 | 58.2
USA [N = 417] 39.2 | 10.6 | 0.92 49.3 | 10.3 | 0.88 14.9 | 61.6 19.6 | 73.7 30.3 | 38.7 | 48.0 41.5 | 50.9 | 57.9
Scandinavia [N = 856] 40.5 | 10.1 | 0.91 49.6 | 10.0 | 0.89 10.9 | 60.2 21.6 | 73.1 32.6 | 40.8 | 48.8 42.4 | 50.7 | 57.7
Denmark [N = 277] 42.2 | 9.7 | 0.92 50.3 | 9.8 | 0.90 20.2 | 58.1 21.6 | 73.1 34.3 | 43.0 | 50.8 43.7 | 51.9 | 57.9
Norway [N = 294] 38.4 | 10.2 | 0.90 49.6 | 9.9 | 0.88 10.9 | 59.3 23.8 | 70.5 30.5 | 39.2 | 45.7 42.3 | 50.7 | 57.6
Sweden [N = 285] 40.9 | 9.9 | 0.91 49.0 | 10.3 | 0.88 12.6 | 60.2 24.2 | 70.5 33.0 | 40.9 | 48.9 41.2 | 50.3 | 57.8
Southern Europe [N = 793] 40.9 | 9.2 | 0.88 47.9 | 10.5 | 0.88 10.3 | 61.7 17.4 | 68.9 33.9 | 41.1 | 48.6 40.9 | 49.4 | 56.7
Italy [N = 258] 42.0 | 9.2 | 0.87 46.9 | 9.8 | 0.86 19.2 | 59.6 24.2 | 68.9 35.0 | 42.8 | 49.8 39.4 | 47.9 | 54.4
Portugal [N = 277] 40.2 | 8.8 | 0.88 45.1 | 11.0 | 0.90 19.5 | 61.7 17.4 | 65.2 33.4 | 39.7 | 47.3 37.6 | 45.4 | 54.8
Spain [N = 258] 40.6 | 10.0 | 0.90 51.9 | 9.5 | 0.88 10.3 | 60.3 20.1 | 66.7 32.7 | 41.1 | 48.5 46.4 | 54.0 | 59.1
Cuba [N = 159] 38.4 | 8.6 | 0.85 49.2 | 11.2 | 0.85 19.1 | 55.8 18.4 | 71.5 33.0 | 38.0 | 45.3 43.5 | 49.8 | 57.5
Western Europe [N = 1309] 42.4 | 9.3 | 0.90 46.7 | 11.0 | 0.91 11.9 | 66.4 14.0 | 70.5 35.4 | 42.7 | 49.9 38.6 | 47.8 | 56.0
Aust/Ger/Swiz [N = 329] 42.8 | 9.1 | 0.89 46.6 | 10.8 | 0.92 17.9 | 62.1 21.0 | 65.8 35.6 | 43.1 | 50.2 38.7 | 48.0 | 56.3
Belgium [N = 304] 42.8 | 9.7 | 0.90 50.1 | 10.0 | 0.89 19.3 | 63.1 16.6 | 68.1 35.4 | 43.3 | 50.8 43.7 | 52.1 | 58.1
France [N = 345] 41.2 | 8.0 | 0.87 41.3 |10.6 | 0.89 22.2 | 59.6 14.0 | 67.2 35.5 | 41.0 | 47.3 33.0 | 41.1 | 49.6
Netherlands [N = 331] 42.8 | 10.2 | 0.92 49.4 | 10.2 | 0.91 11.9 | 66.4 22.0 | 70.5 34.6 | 44.0 | 50.9 43.2 | 51.5 | 57.3

Aust/Ger/Swiz Austria/Germany/Switzerland, N number of patients, UK United Kingdom, USA United States of America