Table 3.
Scores of partners compared with participants and with the general population
| Partners (n=66) |
Participants (n=261) | P value | General population | P value | |
| RDSQ | |||||
| Total score | 49.5 (32.5–77.0) | 51.0 (32.0–80.0) | 0.784 | ||
| SF-36 | |||||
| Physical Functioning | 76.1±25.2 | 76.1±26.5 | 0.991 | 83.0±22.8 | 0.035 |
| Role Physical | 65.6±41.1 | 67.4±4.6 | 0.748 | 76.4±36.3 | 0.044 |
| Bodily Pain | 74.1±25.4 | 75.5±25.7 | 0.707 | 74.9±23.4 | 0.806 |
| General Health | 55.8±21.8 | 55.4±24.4 | 0.902 | 70.7±20.7 | <0.001* |
| Vitality | 60.1±23.4 | 59.0±25.1 | 0.768 | 68.6±19.3 | 0.006* |
| Social Functioning | 80.1±24.2 | 79.2±25.8 | 0.802 | 84.0±22.4 | 0.216 |
| Role Emotional | 84.7±31.4 | 77.2±37.5 | 0.108 | 82.3±32.9 | 0.553 |
| Mental health | 76.9±17.1 | 75.2±19.4 | 0.529 | 76.8±17.4 | 0.957 |
| PCS | 45.5±11.5 | 46.4±11.5 | 0.568 | ||
| MCS | 50.1±9.7 | 48.2±11.5 | 0.255 | ||
| HADS | |||||
| Anxiety score | 4.0 (2.0–6.0) | 4.0 (2.0–7.0) | 0.554 | ||
| Depression score | 1.0 (0.0–4.0) | 2.0 (1.0–5.0) | 0.158 | ||
| Total score | 5.5 (3.3–10.0) | 6.0 (3.0–12.0) | 0.112 |
Data are expressed as medians (IQR) when non-parametrically distributed. However, for comparison with the general population mean±SD was used.
*Significant after Bonferroni correction.
HADS, Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; MCS, Mental Component Summary; Participants, screening participants and patients with thoracic aortic disease; PCS, Physical Component Summary; RDSQ, Rotterdam Disease Specific Questionnaire; SF-36, Short Form 36.