Table 4.

SF-36 scores in patients with benign functional tumours before and at 1 year after adrenalectomy respectively. Median and range is shown

	Preoperative (n = 29)	Postoperative (n = 29)	p valueb
Physical functioning	60 (10–100)	80 (10–100)	0.011a
Role-physical	0 (0–100)	100 (0–100)	0.003a
Bodily pain	41 (10–100)	84 (21–100)	0.005a
General health	47 (0–87)	67 (0–100)	0.036a
Vitality	35 (0–100)	70 (5–100)	0.001a
Social functioning	62.5 (0–100)	100 (0–100)	0.024a
Role-emotional	33.3 (0–100)	100 (0–100)	0.031a
Mental health	52 (0–100)	84 (20–100)	0.001a
Physical Component Summary	33.1 (17.1–62.9)	47.6 (19.8–57.3)	0.005a
Mental Component Summary	33.8 (11.8–62.0)	52.7 (16.4–59.8)	0.004a

^aClinically significant difference ≥ 5 points [29]

^bp value assessed with Wilcoxon test