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. 2021 Aug 28;21:318. doi: 10.1186/s12905-021-01454-7

Table 3.

Sum and total scores for the domain subgroups of QoL, HADS, and body image between infertile, TL, and condom groups

Variable Infertile group (I)
n = 200
Mean ± SD
TL group (T)
n = 200
Mean ± SD
Condom group (C)
n = 200
Mean ± SD
P value* Pair-wise comparison
P value**
SF-12

Sum score of physical

components (PCS-12)

78.96 ± 14.10 67.88 ± 15.87 79.52 ± 14.25 < 0.001

I and C: 0.70

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Sum score of mental

components (MCS-12)

74.22 ± 15.23 69.10 ± 16.02 78.23 ± 13.34 < 0.001

I and C: 0.007

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Total score 76.59 ± 13.14 68.49 ± 14.47 78.87 ± 12.62 < 0.001

I and C: 0.09

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

HADS
Depression 5.29 ± 3.22 6.65 ± 3.57 4.42 ± 3.22 < 0.001

I and C: 0.09

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Anxiety 7.66 ± 3.05 10.05 ± 3.93 6.84 ± 3.27 < 0.001

I and C: 0.005

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Total score 12.88 ± 4.93 16.55 ± 6.49 11.23 ± 5.97 < 0.001

I and C: 0.017

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

Body image 36.58 ± 12.4 33.86 ± 13.1 32.43 ± 10.35 0.02

I and C: 0.001

I and T: 0.024

T and C: 0.234

Self-esteem 29.16 ± 5.26 25.01 ± 5.44 29.16 ± 5.52 < 0.001

I and C: 0.881

I and T: < 0.001

T and C: < 0.001

QoL: Quality of Life, SF-12: Short Form-12, HADS: Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale, TL: Tubal Ligation

*One-way ANOVA

**One-way ANOVA followed by LSD post-hoc test