Table 2.

36-item short form health survey questionnaire (RAND-36) for health-related quality of life

	Baseline		Change from baseline to months 24		P values between groups
	Non-surgical Mean (SD)	Surgical Mean (SD)	Non-surgical Mean (95% CI)	Surgical Mean (95% CI)	Crude	Adjusted*
Rotator cuff disease (all) n=190
Physical function	72 (19)	75 (16)	5 (2 to 9)	5 (2 to 8)	0.78	0.65
General health	59 (17)	62 (19)	3 (-1 to 6)	1 (-2 to 4)	0.48	0.42
Vitality	62 (21)	63 (21)	6 (2 to 9)	7 (3 to 10)	0.73	0.89
Mental health	74 (18)	76 (18)	4 (1 to 7)	5 (2 to 7)	0.37	0.61
Role physical	38 (40)	44 (39)	22 (13 to 32)	23 (14 to 32)	0.98	0.99
Emotional role	73 (39)	71 (41)	2 (-7 to 10)	9 (2 to 17)	0.18	0.16
Social function	74 (22)	80 (23)	8 (3 to 12)	5 (1 to 9)	0.41	0.17
Bodily pain	44 (19)	43 (19)	15 (10 to 21)	21 (16 to 26)	0.11	0.15
Non-full-thickness rupture n=92
Physical function	70 (23)	74 (18)	10 (4 to 16)	3 (-3 to 8)	0.065	0.063
General health	57 (19)	59 (19)	4 (-1 to 9)	1 (-3 to 6)	0.47	0.32
Vitality	59 (22)	58 (21)	8 (2 to 14)	10 (4 to 15)	0.65	0.92
Mental health	73 (18)	75 (18)	4 (-1 to 9)	6 (2 to 10)	0.61	0.58
Role physical	39 (43)	43 (38)	30 (15 to 45)	21 (9 to 34)	0.39	0.43
Emotional role	70 (43)	65 (43)	12 (-1 to 25)	17 (6 to 28)	0.54	0.51
Social function	76 (23)	80 (21)	8 (0 to 15)	6 (0 to 12)	0.75	0.42
Bodily pain	41 (20)	41 (20)	22 (13 to 30)	20 (12 to 27)	0.72	0.46
Full-thickness rupture n=98
Physical function	74 (16)	76 (14)	2 (-2 to 6)	7 (3 to 11)	0.078	0.096
General health	60 (16)	64 (19)	2 (-2 to 6)	1 (-3 to 5)	0.77	0.91
Vitality	63 (20)	67 (20)	4 (0 to 8)	4 (0 to 8)	0.82	0.73
Mental health	75 (18)	78 (18)	4 (0 to 8)	4 (0 to 8)	0.98	0.82
Role physical	38 (38)	44 (39)	17 (3 to 30)	24 (11 to 37)	0.43	0.44
Emotional role	75 (34)	77 (38)	−6 (-17 to 5)	2 (-9 to 12)	0.30	0.32
Social function	73 (22)	81 (25)	8 (2 to 14)	4 (-2 to 10)	0.39	0.26
Bodily pain	47 (17)	44 (18)	10 (3 to 17)	23 (16 to 30)	0.011	0.006

*Adjusted for baseline values.