Table 5. SF-36 results and statistics pre- and post-intervention for treatment.
SF-36, 36-Item Short Form Health Survey; pre, pre-intervention; post, post-intervention; IQR, inter-quartile range; N is the sample size.
*Clinically and statistically significant, **statistically but not clinically significant, ***clinically but not statistically significant.
| SF-36 physical functioning | SF-36 physical role functioning | SF-36 emotional role functioning | SF-36 vitality | SF-36 mental health | SF-36 social role functioning | SF-36 bodily pain | SF-36 general health | |
| N | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 | 26 |
| Median pre (IQR) | 90 (20) | 50 (100) | 0 (67) | 28 (35) | 42 (26) | 50 (41) | 58 (45) | 48 (36) |
| Median post (IQR) | 90 (20) | 63 (100) | 50 (71) | 45 (25) | 64 (28) | 56 (38) | 80 (23) | 65 (21) |
| Median of differences (IQR) | 5 (10) | 0 (50) | 0 (70) | 20 (30) | 22 (32) | 13 (31) | 13 (35) | 10 (26) |
| p | 0.0243** | 0.971 | 0.122*** | <0.0001* | 0.0006* | 0.0607 | 0.0034* | 0.0028* |