Table 4.
Comparison of health-related quality-of-life scores between patients and controls
|
HRQoL domain
|
Patients (n = 25)
|
Controls (n = 25)
|
P
value1
|
| Physical functioning | 50 (50-75) | 100 (100-100) | < 0.001 |
| Role physical | 50 (31.3-75) | 100 (87.5-100) | < 0.001 |
| Bodily pain | 50 (50-75) | 100 (100-100) | < 0.001 |
| General health | 60 (60-85) | 85 (85-85) | < 0.001 |
| Vitality | 50 (25-50) | 75 (75-87.5) | < 0.001 |
| Social functioning | 50 (50-50) | 75 (75-100) | < 0.001 |
| Role emotion | 50.0 (37.5-75) | 87.5 (75-100) | < 0.001 |
| Mental health | 50 (50-62.5) | 87.5 (75-87.5) | < 0.001 |
| PCS | 44.8 (41.7-52.9) | 57.8 (55.2-59) | < 0.001 |
| MCS | 42 (35.6-45.2) | 52.9 (50.2-57.9) | < 0.001 |
1
Wilcoxon signed ranks test.
Data are shown as median and interquartile range; Patients: Live donor liver transplant recipients with biliary complications; Controls: Live donor liver transplant recipients without biliary complications; HRQoL: Health-related quality-of-life; MCS: Mental component summary score; PCS: Physical component summary score.