Table 2.
Baseline scores for Quality of Life in Reflux and Dyspepsia (QOLRAD), four symptoms, Feeling Thermometer (FT), Standard Gamble (SG), Health Utilities Index Mark 2 and 3 (HUI), and Medical Outcomes Short Form-36 (SF-36).
| Mean | SD | |
| QOLRAD dimensions | ||
| Emotional distress | 4.5 | 1.4 |
| Sleep disturbance | 4.5 | 1.5 |
| Food/drink problem | 3.8 | 1.2 |
| Physical/social functioning | 5.4 | 1.4 |
| Vitality | 4.3 | 1.3 |
| Four symptoms | ||
| Stomach pain | 3.9 | 1.5 |
| Heartburn | 4.5 | 1.2 |
| Belching | 3.6 | 1.6 |
| Acid reflux | 4.1 | 1.6 |
| FT | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| SG | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| HUI2 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| HUI3 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| SF-36 | ||
| Physical functioning | 46.6 | 9.0 |
| Role-physcial | 45.5 | 11.4 |
| Bodily pain | 42.8 | 9.4 |
| General health | 46.2 | 9.7 |
| Vitality | 45.9 | 9.8 |
| Social functioning | 47.7 | 10.3 |
| Role-emotional | 46.5 | 12.0 |
| Mental health | 46.9 | 10.4 |
| Physial component | 45.1 | 8.7 |
| Mental component | 47.6 | 11.0 |