Psychometric properties of two measures of psychological well-being in adult growth hormone deficiency

Table 5 Means for men and women in the cross-sectional survey

	Men	Women	Significance of differences
	Mean (SD) [Median] (Minimum N = 71)	Mean (SD) [Median] (Minimum N = 81)
GWBI Total	48.07 (15.27) [47]	53.70 (16.76) [52]	t(150) = -2.15, p = 0.033
W-BQ12
General Well-being total	24.50 (7.86) [25]	20.55 (8.23) [21]	t(154) = 3.05, p = 0.003
Negative Well-being	1.84 (2.32) [1]	3.68 (2.89) [3]	U = 1853.5, p < 0.001, N = 157
Energy	6.87 (3.32) [7]	5.92 (3.20) [6]	n.s (p = 0.07)
Positive Well-being	7.47 (3.16) [8]	6.36 (3.33) [7]	n.s (p = 0.035)*

GWBI: score range 22 – 110 (lower score indicates better well-being).
W-BQ12: subscale score range 0 – 12 (higher scores indicating increased mood of the subscale label); General Well-being total range 0 – 36 (higher score indicating better well-being).
*Not significant after Bonferroni correction (required p value of 0.05/3 = 0.017) applied.

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