Table 2.

SF-8 results: physical and emotional health scores according to the time point in the curriculum*

	2019 cohort
	August 2015 (baseline) n = 132	May/June 2016 (end of year 1) n = 135	May/June 2017 (end of year 2) n = 115	May/June 2018 (end of year 3) n = 64
Physical & emotional health variables	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	p value
Overall health†
Overall, how would you rate your health during the past 4 weeks?	4.71 (0.9)	4.07 (1.1)	4.17 (1.2)	4.43 (1.5)	<0.001
Physical health during the past 4 weeks …
How much did physical health problems limit your usual physical activities, such as walking or climbing stairs? ††	1.40 (0.7)	1.64 (0.9)	1.48 (0.7)	1.50 (0.7)	0.08
How much difficulty did you have doing your daily work, both at home and away from home, because of your physical health? ††	1.21 (0.5)	1.56 (0.8)	1.51 (0.8)	1.21 (0.6)	<0.001
How much did your physical health or emotional problems limit usual social activities with family or friends? ††	1.42 (0.7)	2.07 (1.1)	1.83 (1.0)	1.57 (0.9)	<0.001
How much bodily pain have you had?†††	1.86 (0.9)	2.07 (1.0)	2.24 (1.1)	2.07 (1.1)	0.29
Emotional health during the past 4 weeks …
How much did personal or emotional problems keep you from doing your usual work, school or other daily activities?††	1.30 (0.5)	2.08 (1.0)	1.72 (1.0)	1.43 (0.9)	<0.001
How much energy did you have?††††	3.83 (0.7)	3.20 (0.9)	3.31 (0.9)	3.64 (0.8)	<0.001
How much have you been bothered by emotional problems, such as feeling anxious, depressed or irritable?†††††	2.02 (0.8)	2.70 (1.0)	2.43 (0.9)	2.89 (0.9)	<0.001

*Note scale changes.

†Scale: 1 = Very poor; 2 = Poor; 3 = Fair; 4 = Good; 5 = Very good; 6 = Excellent.

††Scale: 1 = Not at all; 2 = Very little; 3 = Somewhat; 4 = Quite a lot; 5 = Could not do.

†††Scale: 1 = None; 2 = Very mild; 3 = Mild; 4 = Moderate; 5 = Severe; 6 = Very severe

††††Scale: 1 = None; 2 = A little; 3 = Some; 4 = Quite a lot; 5 = Very much.

†††††Scale: 1 = Not at all; 2 = Slightly; 3 = Moderately; 4 = Quite a lot; 5 = Extremely.