Posttraumatic stress symptoms after solid-organ transplantation: preoperative risk factors and the impact on health-related quality of life and life satisfaction

Table 6 HRQOL SF-36 domains according to posttraumatic stress symptomatology

	SOT recipients with postoperative PTSS		SOT recipients without postoperative PTSS
	(n=19)		(n=107)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mann–Whitney-U	p
Physical functioning	40.3	±26.0	68.8	±26.0	415.0	p<0.001^a
Role physical	25.0	±39.1	57.7	±43.2	558.0	p<0.001^a
Pain	34.8	±23.9	69.1	±29.4	382.5	p<0.001^a
General health	31.2	±17.8	61.2	±19.2	253.0	p<0.001^a
Vitality	31.3	±17.9	57.8	±19.52	328.0	p<0.001^a
Social functioning	53.3	±23.5	85.0	±18.1	290.5	p<0.001^a
Role emotional	35.1	±45.1	81.7	±34.4	440.5	p<0.001^a
Mental health	41.7	±18.4	78.7	±13.5	99.0	p<0.001^a

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