Table 2 Preoperative and postoperative mean scores
From: Health-related quality of life following ambulatory surgery procedures: assessment by RAND-36
| Â | Knee group | Hernia group | LCCagroup | Shoulder group | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 44) | (n = 43) | (n = 33) | (n = 23) | ||
Physical Function | Pre** | 49.2 (29.5) | 75.6 (20.0) | 90.9 (13.1) | 71.5 (17.5) |
Post*** | 64.4 (24.5) | 83.6 (20.7) | 89.7 (16.2) | 79.7 (21.0) | |
P | 0.001 | 0.01 | NS | 0.01 | |
Role Physical | Pre | 31.3 (35.8) | 55.2 (39.9) | 74.0 (36.8) | 36.2 (42.5) |
Post | 56.8 (44.6) | 64.5 (39.0) | 68.9 (37.0) | 62.0 (39.8) | |
P | 0.000 | NS | NS | 0.01 | |
Bodily Pain | Pre | 44.0 (25.6) | 64.1 (24.8) | 63.2 (24.5) | 40.0 (25.5) |
Post | 59.7 (24.2) | 74.5 (23.6) | 77.5 (21.6) | 66.0 (28.0) | |
P | 0.001 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.000 | |
General Health | Pre | 58.8 (18.6) | 63.7 (21.2) | 64.7 (17.2) | 60.2 (18.4) |
Post | 60.4 (20.2) | 67.1 (20.6) | 72.9 (18.8) | 66.3 (18.9) | |
P | NS | NS | 0.004 | 0.02 | |
Vitality | Pre | 56.0 (22.1) | 68.7 (21.8) | 65.9 (20.3) | 52.8 (22.8) |
Post | 64.7 (23.3) | 77.7 (21.1) | 77.0 (16.0) | 66.4 (22.4) | |
P | 0.02 | 0.002 | 0.000 | 0.01 | |
Social Functioning | Pre | 67.6 (26.7) | 84.9 (18.8) | 80.5 (22.4) | 72.7 (23.7) |
Post | 82.8 (20.0) | 88.4 (20.7) | 91.3 (14.5) | 87.0 (16.2) | |
P | 0.001 | NS | 0.002 | 0.01 | |
Mental Health | Pre | 72.3 (17.2) | 81.6 (14.7) | 78.8 (15.1) | 69.4 (22.5) |
Post | 78.2 (16.6) | 85.2 (17.1) | 85.6 (14.0) | 79.7 (16.4) | |
P | 0.01 | NS | 0.01 | NS | |
Role Emotional | Pre | 59.8 (42.3) | 75.2 (34.2) | 82.3 (33.9) | 68.1 (46.6) |
Post | 70.5 (40.6) | 83.3 (29.7) | 88.9 (25.9) | 78.3 (39.7) | |
P | NS | NS | NS | NS | |