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Table 4 Comparisons of NHP, SF-36 and JCS-60 mean scores between patients with SHR and reference values

From: A study of two generic health-related quality of life questionnaires—Nottingham Health Profile and Short-Form 36 Health Survey—and of coping in patients with sensory hyperreactivity

Instruments and scales

Study group

Reference values

P-values

Mean scores (SD)

Mean scores (SD)

NHP ( n = 83)

   

Emotional reactions

81.5 (22.0)

89.0 (2.5)

0.002

Energy

69.0 (33.9)

83.0 (6.6)

<0.001

Physical mobility

89.2 (14.7)

93.2 (5.3)

0.02

Social isolation

90.0 (20.6)

94.3 (1.9)

0.06

Pain

78.3 (30.2)

91.0 (5.3)

<0.001

Sleep

75.3 (30.4)

81.9 (6.5)

0.06

SF-36 ( n = 83)

   

Mental health

69.2 (18.0)

80.0 (1.2)

<0.001

Vitality

48.6 (24.5)

67.4 (2.4)

<0.001

Physical functioning

74.2 (22.6)

82.4 (7.7)

0.002

Social functioning

68.9 (26.7)

87.3 (1.7)

<0.001

Bodily pain

60.3 (29.4)

70.0 (4.1)

0.004

Role-physical

58.7 (41.2)

78.2 (8.5)

<0.001

Role-emotional

69.9 (38.5)

83.6 (4.4)

0.002

General health

50.4 (23.7)

71.9 (5.3)

<0.001

JCS-60 ( n = 81)

   

Optimistic

1.84 (0.6)

1.59 (0.1)

<0.001

Self-reliant

1.58 (0.6)

1.60 (0.1)

0.72

Confrontational

1.83 (0.6)

1.60 (0.1)

0.001

Fatalistic

1.13 (0.6)

1.26 (0.1)

0.06

Evasive

1.19 (0.5)

1.11 (0.1)

0.19

Supportive

1.19 (0.6)

1.27 (0.2)

0.26

Palliative

1.03 (0.5)

0.97 (0.1)

0.28

Emotive

0.82 (0.5)

1.02 (0.2)

0.001