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Table 2 Demographics Characteristics and SF-36 Scores

From: Are decisions using cost-utility analyses robust to choice of SF-36/SF-12 preference-based algorithm?

 

Asthma Patients (n = 220)

Stroke Patients (n = 81)

 

Baseline Assessment

Final Assessment

Baseline Assessment

Final Assessment

 

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Mean

(SD)

Age

39.1

(12.6)

  

67.4

(14.4)

  

Female (%)

55

   

49

   

GH

59.4

(18.8)

69.4‡

(19.0)

54.4

(18.4)

56.8

(22.2)

BP

66.4

(23.2)

75.5‡

(21.8)

62.3

(27.4)

68.8

(30.8)

PF

63.1

(21.9)

81.3‡

(21.4)

17.8

(25.9)

41.6‡

(33.0)

RE

63.3

(41.4)

79.6‡

(34.5)

47.3

(44.7)

68.3†

(44.1)

RP

38.1

(40.0)

73.3‡

(37.4)

8.3

(23.7)

32.1‡

(40.2)

MH

71.2

(17.9)

75.9‡

(16.6)

67.2

(19.2)

77.9‡

(17.2)

SF

72.6

(22.0)

83.1‡

(19.8)

42.7

(26.4)

60.8‡

(31.8)

VT

48.8

(20.7)

60.0‡

(21.6)

41.5

(17.8)

50.5†

(22.8)

PCS

40.1

(9.0)

48.2‡

(9.1)

28.9

(8.52)

34.5‡

(12.8)

MCS

48.1

(11.1)

50.5†

(10.3)

46.4

(11.2)

51.7†

(10.8)

  1. †p-value < 0.01; ‡p-value < 0.001, based on t-test for dependent samples