Table 4.

Quality of life

Quality of life EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire	Preoperative			Hospital discharge			One year
n (%) or mean (SD)	Relaparotomy (n = 131)	Primary laparotomy (n = 50)	p value*	Relaparotomy (n = 131)	Primary laparotomy (n = 50)	p value*	Relaparotomy (n = 104)	Primary laparotomy (n = 35)	p value*
Mobility
No problems	118 (90.1%)	38 (76.0%)	0.027	101 (77.1%)	34 (68.0%)	0.186	81 (77.1%)	28 (80.0%)	0.884
Some problems	13 (9.9%)	12 (24.0%)		28 (21.4%)	13 (26.0%)		21 (20.2%)	6 (17.1%)
Many problems	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		2 (1.6%)	3 (6.0%)		2 (1.9%)	1 (2.9%)
Independence
No problems	123 (93.9%)	47 (94.0%)	> 0.999	108 (82.4%)	34 (68.0%)	0.107	88 (84.6%)	30 (85.7%)	0.908
Some problems	8 (6.1%)	3 (6.0%)		19 (14.5%)	13 (26.0%)		14 (13.5%)	4 (11.4%)
Many problems	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)		3.1%)	3 (6.0%)		2 (1.9%)	1 (2.9%)
Daily tasks
No problems	94 (71.8%)	40 (80.0%)	0.065	49.6%)	15 (30.0%)	0.054	49 (47.1%)	19 (54.3%)	0.749
Some problems	35 (26.7%)	7 (14.0%)		55 (41.9%)	28 (56.0%)		47 (45.2%)	14 (40.0%)
Many problems	2 (1.5%)	3 (6.0%)		11 (8.4%)	7 (14.0%)		8 (7.7%)	2 (5.7%)
Pain
No problems	79 (60.3%)	30 (60.0%)	> 0.999	23 (26.0%)	27 (34.0%)	0.301	51 (49.0%)	19 (54.3%)	0.756
Some problems	44 (33.6%)	17 (34.0%)		25 (50.0%)	23 (26.0%)		43 (41.3%)	12 (34.3%)
Many problems	8 (6.1%)	3 (6.0%)		2 (4.0%)	0 (0.0%)		10 (9.6%)	4 (11.4%)
Fear
No problems	75 (57.3%)	36 (72.0%)	0.062	78 (59.5%)	29 (58.0%)	0.899	52 (50.0%)	21 (60.0%)	0.271
Some problems	47 (3.6%)	10 (20.0%)		45 (34.4%)	17 (34.0%)		43 (41.3%)	11 (31.4%)
Many problems	9 (6.9%)	4 (8.0%)		8 (6.1%)	4 (8.0%)		19 (18.3%)	3 (8.6%)
Overall	63.6 (21.8)	62.8 (21.9)	0.818	61.2 (22.6)	62.2 (24.9)	0.841	49.6 (32.0)	45.9 (36.3)	0.528

Differences with P values < 0.05 were deemed statistically significant and these P values are presented in bold

*Categorical variables: chi-square test; continuous variables: Student’s t test