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. 2019 Dec 11;17:181. doi: 10.1186/s12955-019-1251-5

Table 3.

The impacts of nocturia and poor sleep quality on health-related quality of life

Nocturia Sleep disturbance
(Nocturia < 2) (Nocturia ≥2) Cohen’s d Effect size No
(PSQI global score ≤ 5)
Yes
(PSQI global score > 5)
Cohen’s d Effect size
Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD) Mean (SD)
SF-12 v2 *
Physical Functioning 87.39 (20.80) 79.22 (27.09) ** 0.34 90.31 (19.65) 81.27 (24.67) ** 0.41
Role Physical 79.80 (21.70) 74.76 (25.46) * 0.21 84.85 (19.62) 73.88 (24.07) ** 0.50
Bodily Pain 66.98 (27.20) 63.62 (29.28) 0.12 74.24 (26.11) 60.51 (27.70) ** 0.51
General Health 54.25 (26.43) 38.68 (25.38) ** 0.60 57.36 (25.84) 44.02 (26.58) ** 0.51
Vitality 59.04 (23.69) 51.76 (24.61) ** 0.30 66.41 (22.43) 50.42 (23.23) ** 0.70
Social Functioning 81.29 (22.43) 75.96 (26.77) * 0.22 88.38 (17.20) 73.83 (26.00) ** 0.66
Role Emotional 79.54 (20.91) 75.00 (25.36) 0.20 87.56 (17.11) 71.92 (23.40) ** 0.76
Mental Health 69.95 (17.79) 66.27 (22.02) 0.18 76.26 (16.42) 63.91 (19.44) ** 0.69
Physical Component Summary 48.81 (8.19) 45.48 (9.24) ** 0.38 49.83 (7.20) 46.38 (9.27) ** 0.42
Mental Component Summary 50.81 (9.48) 48.99 (11.15) 0.18 54.63 (8.02) 47.29 (10.21) ** 0.80

^: independent t-test, p-value < 0.05

^^: independent t-test, p-value < 0.01

*: higher scores indicating better health-related quality of life

Abbreviation: PSQI Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index, SF-12 v2 the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey version 2, SD standard deviation