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Table 1 Percentage of survivors scoring highest score possible (ceiling).

From: The use of the SF-36 questionnaire in adult survivors of childhood cancer: evaluation of data quality, score reliability, and scaling assumptions

 

PF

RP

BP

GH

EV

SF

RE

MH

all survivors

49.9

76.7

52.3

9.9

3.5

58.9

76.5

3.7

Cancer Diagnosis

        

leukaemia

56.3

82.6

57.0

12.0

5.0

63.6

79.9

4.5

Hodgkin's disease

57.7

80.9

53.9

5.5

2.6

61.3

77.7

2.4

non-Hodgkin's

56.6

81.3

55.3

10.4

5.0

59.4

75.1

3.3

CNS

34.2

63.3

49.1

7.6

2.1

46.7

69.9

2.8

neuroblastoma

45.9

77.3

50.1

9.8

4.2

58.8

77.3

4.4

retinoblastoma

63.0

80.3

56.0

14.9

3.6

65.8

77.6

4.6

Wilms' tumour

55.4

81.8

52.4

9.4

2.8

63.8

79.4

3.8

bone tumour

18.1

61.9

27.2

6.7

2.1

50.1

74.5

4.1

soft tissue sarcoma

51.2

77.4

49.5

10.9

3.8

60.1

75.4

4.4

other

55.8

81.9

54.7

10.0

3.2

64.5

79.2

3.6

Sex

        

Males

53.1

77.5

56.0

11.0

5.0

62.4

77.7

5.1

Females

42.5

71.3

45.6

8.1

1.7

52.3

70.1

2.1

Age*

        

16–19

56.8

82.4

58.5

12.8

6.3

64.3

79.0

5.3

20–29

54.4

78.9

55.7

10.6

3.8

58.8

77.1

3.9

30–39

49.1

75.8

50.7

8.9

2.3

57.7

76.0

3.2

40–49

39.9

69.9

45.0

7.5

2.2

56.8

73.0

2.5

50+

21.6

63.2

34.7

6.7

1.9

53.6

74.8

2.7

Age at diagnosis

        

0–3

51.4

76.6

53.5

12.0

4.2

60.0

75.5

4.3

4–7

50.2

75.8

53.2

9.5

3.6

58.6

74.3

4.2

8–11

44.2

72.2

49.4

7.7

2.6

53.5

73.0

2.9

12–16

41.8

70.8

46.6

7.1

2.3

54.9

71.5

2.4

  1. *Age at questionnaire completion
  2. PF: Physical Functioning; RP: Role-Limitation Physical; BP; Bodily Pain;
  3. GH: General Health Perception; EV: Energy/Vitality; SF: Social Functioning;
  4. RE: Role-Limitation Emotional: MH: Mental Health