Table 2.
SF‐36® scores at 3, 6 and 12 months after rectal resection
| 3 months | 6 months | 12 months | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median (i.q.r.) | H–L* | P † | Median (i.q.r.) | H–L* | P † | Median (i.q.r.) | H–L* | P † | |
| Physical functioning | |||||||||
| Early | 90 (75–95) | 0 (−5, 5) | 0·646 | 90 (81·7–100) | 0 (−5, 5) | 0·630 | 95 (70–100) | 0 (0, 5) | 0·322 |
| Late | 90 (80–95) | 90 (80–95) | 95 (90–100) | ||||||
| Role physical | |||||||||
| Early | 75 (50–96·9) | 12·5 (0, 18·8) | 0·025 | 81·3 (50–100) | 6·3 (0, 18·8) | 0·140 | 81·3 (56·3–100) | 0 (−6·3, 6·3) | 0·718 |
| Late | 62·5 (43·8–75) | 75 (50–93·8) | 87·5 (75–100) | ||||||
| Bodily pain | |||||||||
| Early | 80 (52–100) | 0 (−10, 0) | 0·858 | 74 (62–100) | 0 (−16, 0) | 0·264 | 79 (51–100) | 0 (0, 20) | 0·035 |
| Late | 74 (62–100) | 84 (63–100) | 100 (74–100) | ||||||
| General health | |||||||||
| Early | 71·6 (52–88·5) | −5 (−15, 2) | 0·139 | 77 (56–87) | 0 (−10, 5) | 0·820 | 74·5 (45–92) | 5 (−5, 16·8) | 0·279 |
| Late | 77 (67–87) | 77 (65–87) | 82 (72–87) | ||||||
| Vitality | |||||||||
| Early | 62·5 (43·8–81·3) | 4·2 (−6·3, 12·5) | 0·441 | 68·8 (50–81·3) | 0 (−12·5, 6·3) | 0·796 | 68·8 (50–81·3) | 6·3 (0, 12·5) | 0·196 |
| Late | 68·8 (56·3–81·3) | 68·8 (56·3–81·3) | 75 (62·5–87·5) | ||||||
| Social functioning | |||||||||
| Early | 75 (62·5–100) | 0 (−12·5, 0) | 0·468 | 87·5 (62·5–100) | 0 (0, 0) | 0·976 | 87·5 (62·5–100) | 0 (0, 12·5) | 0·415 |
| Late | 87·5 (75–100) | 87·5 (62·5–100) | 100 (75–100) | ||||||
| Role emotional | |||||||||
| Early | 83·3 (58·3–100) | 0 (0, 8·3) | 0·345 | 87·5 (66·7–100) | 0 (0, 0) | 0·923 | 95·8 (66·7–100) | 0 (0, 0) | 0·697 |
| Late | 83·3 (50–100) | 83·3 (75–100) | 95·8 (75–100) | ||||||
| Mental health | |||||||||
| Early | 80 (55–90) | 5 (−5, 10) | 0·217 | 80 (60–90) | −5 (−10, 5) | 0·291 | 80 (60–90) | 10 (0, 15) | 0·020 |
| Late | 85 (65–90) | 85 (70–95) | 85 (75–95) | ||||||
| Mental component score | |||||||||
| Early | 52·5 (40·7–58·6) | 1 (−2·6, 5) | 0·588 | 54·4 (42·8–58·6) | 0·2 (−3, 3·9) | 0·939 | 54·1 (42·6–58·5) | 2·5 (−0·7, 6·3) | 0·105 |
| Late | 53 (44·8–57·8) | 54·6 (46·9–57·5) | 56·6 (52·9–59·2) | ||||||
| Physical component score | |||||||||
| Early | 51·8 (40·9–58·2) | −0·5(−3·8, 3·4) | 0·823 | 53·3 (43·3–57·1) | −0·2 (−3·6, 3) | 0·900 | 54·1 (44·5–59) | 1·6 (−1, 6·1) | 0·281 |
| Late | 51·2 (46·9–54·8) | 52·2 (45·8–57·9) | 56·8 (51–59·4) | ||||||
*
Two‐sample Hodges–Lehmann (H–L) estimator with 95 per cent asymptotic confidence limits in parentheses. SF‐36®, Short Form 36.
†
Wilcoxon rank sum test for difference between early and late closure.