Table 2.
SF-36 mean scores for each group before and after treatment. BAD: bile acid diarrhoea, PC: post-cholecystectomy, CD: terminal ileal resected Crohn’s Disease
| Field | Time | Control Group | BAD | PC | CD | p Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical Functioning (PF) | Before |
66.00 (52.78–79.23) |
75.17 (63.18–87.15) |
63.66 (42.97–84.34) |
75.00 (55.26–94.74 |
0.60 |
| After |
78.00 (66.63–89.37) |
62.17 (42.87–81.47) |
80.50 (65.19–95.81) |
0.17 | ||
| p value | p = 0.27 | p = 0.79 | p = 0.32 | |||
| Role limitation due to physical health (RP) | Before |
41.35 (23.75–59.94) |
32.89 (13.61–52.18) |
54.17 (26.38–81.96) |
52.50 (19.36–85.64) |
0.50 |
| After |
53.95 (34.57–73.32) |
35.42 (4.78–66.05) |
52.50 (18.31–86.69) |
0.50 | ||
| p value | *p = 0.02 | p = 0.11 | p = 1.00 | |||
| Bodily Pain (BP) | Before |
52.60 (41.55–63.64) |
47.5 (35.12–59.88) |
46.46 (37.46–55.46) |
57.50 (32.85–82.15) |
0.71 |
| After |
57.78 (45.53–70.02) |
46.04 (26.25–65.83) |
67.5 (50.89–84.11) |
0.18 | ||
| p value | P = 0.13 | P = 0.96 | P = 0.33 | |||
| General Health (GH) | Before |
44.60 (34.23–54.97) |
43.47 (29.54–57.40) |
45.42 (33.73–57.11) |
40.00 (20.78–59.22) |
0.96 |
| After |
43.89 (33.85–53.93) |
47.08 (31.03–63.14) |
46.50 (28.26–64.74) |
0.92 | ||
| p value | p = 0.92 | p = 0.70 | p = 0.11 | |||
| Vitality (VT) | Before |
39.40 (29.60–49.20) |
30.25 (18.04–42.46) |
40.68 (27.80–53.56) |
23.50 (11.22–35.78) |
0.19 |
| After |
38.5 (26.88–50.12) |
37.27 (19.35–55.19) |
30.50 (11.84–49.16) |
0.72 | ||
| p value | p = 0.11 | p = 0.61 | p = 0.25 | |||
| Social Functioning (SF) | Before |
69.79 (57.64–81.94) |
56.75 (42.20–71.30) |
67.71 (52.77–82.65) |
58.75 (41.86–75.64) |
0.41 |
| After |
65.63 (52.63–78.62) |
66.67 (48.33–85.01) |
66.25 (47.38–85.12) |
0.99 | ||
| p value | p = 0.11 | p = 0.90 | p = 0.11 | |||
| Role limitation due to emotional health (RE) | Before |
58.67 (40.34–76.99) |
45.00 (25.88–64.12) |
52.78 (25.00–80.55) |
53.33 (21.14–85.52) |
0.78 |
| After |
65.00 (45.74–84.26) |
44.44 (14.04–74.85) |
66.67 (36.93–96.41) |
0.37 | ||
| p value | p = 0.08 | p = 0.63 | p = 0.17 | |||
| Emotional well-being (EB) | Before |
64.96 (54.99–74.93) |
56.13 (45.96–66.30) |
59.33 (47.29–71.38) |
60.80 (49.86–71.74) |
0.56 |
| After |
62.67 (52.39–72.14) |
61.61 (43.58–79.64) |
70.00 (56.90–83.10) |
0.63 | ||
| p value | p = 0.27 | p = 0.68 | p = 0.15 | |||
| Physical component summary (PCS) | Before |
51.20 (44.57–57.83) |
50.21 (42.44–57.97) |
52.42 (43.83–61.02) |
56.79 (45.13–68.46) |
0.94 |
| After |
58.87 (51.82–65.91) |
47.68 (37.50–57.86) |
61.86 (51.03–72.69) |
0.37 | ||
| p value | p = 0.15 | p = 0.37 | p = 0.26 | |||
| Mental component summary (MCS) | Before |
58.09 (51.50–64.68) |
47.03 (39.90–54.17) |
55.43 (46.86–64.00) |
49.10 (39.24–58.95) |
0.46 |
| After |
57.85 (50.90–64.80) |
52.82 (42.48–63.16) |
58.35 (47.94–68.77) |
0.83 | ||
| p value | * p = 0.03 | p = 0.73 | p = 0.07 |
95% CI is represented within parenthesis. The p values in the far-right column reflect group comparisons before treatment and after treatment respectively. * denotes p < 0.05