Table 2.
Scores on DMFS subscales and SAH‐related variables
| Characteristics | N | DMFS subscales | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mental‐f | Physical‐f | ||||||||
| M (SD) | t | P | d | M (SD) | t | P | d | ||
| SAH type | |||||||||
| aSAH | 166 | 22.4 (7.1) | 2.39 | 0.018* | 0.36 | 17.0 (5.8) | 1.50 | 0.14 | 0.24 |
| anSAH | 55 | 19.8 (7.5) | 15.6 (6.0) | ||||||
| WFNS | |||||||||
| Low (1–3) | 181 | 21.3 (7.2) | −2.09 | 0.04 | 0.36 | 16.4 (5.7) | −1.47 | 0.14 | 0.26 |
| High (4–5) | 40 | 23.9 (7.3) | 17.9 (6.3) | ||||||
| External CSF drainage | |||||||||
| Yes | 100 | 24.3 (6.6) | 5.01 | <0.001* | 0.68 | 17.6 (5.9) | 2.34 | 0.02* | 0.32 |
| No | 121 | 19.6 (7.2) | 15.8 (5.7) | ||||||
| VP shunt | |||||||||
| Yes | 18 | 24.0 (6.4) | 1.36 | 0.18 | 0.33 | 18.5 (5.9) | 1.43 | 0.16 | 0.35 |
| No | 203 | 21.6 (7.4) | 16.5 (5.8) | ||||||
| Treatment aSAH | |||||||||
| Clipping | 57 | 21.6 (7.0) | −1.06 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 17.2 (6.1) | 0.46 | 0.65 | 0.07 |
| Coiling | 107 | 22.8 (7.2) | 16.8 (5.7) | ||||||
| Aneurysm circulation aSAHa | |||||||||
| Anterior | 140 | 22.3 (6.9) | −0.54 | 0.59 | 0.11 | 16.8 (5.8) | −0.78 | 0.44 | 0.17 |
| Posterior | 26 | 23.1 (8.1) | 17.8 (5.7) | ||||||
aAnterior: aneurysms of the anterior cerebral or communicating artery, middle cerebral artery, posterior communicating artery, internal carotid artery, ophthalmic artery and anterior choroidal artery. Posterior: aneurysms of the basilar artery, posterior cerebral artery, superior cerebellar artery and vertebral artery. anSAH, angiographically negative subarachnoid hemorrhage; aSAH, aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage; CSF, cerebrospinal fluid; DMFS, Dutch Multifactor Fatigue Scale; Mental‐f, DMFS Mental fatigue; Physical‐f, DMFS Physical fatigue; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; VP shunt, ventriculoperitoneal shunt; WFNS, World Federation of Neurological Surgeons. *Significant differences after Bonferroni–Holm correction.