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Table 6 SF-36 scores and HADS scores by age, gender, and method of administration

From: Measuring health-related quality of life in adolescents and young adults: Swedish normative data for the SF-36 and the HADS, and the influence of age, gender, and method of administration

SF-36 and HADS scales

Telephone M (SD)

Mail M (SD)

 

13–15

n = 89

16–19

n = 119

20–23

n = 92

13–15

n = 88–91

16–19

n = 106–110

20–23

n = 83–84

Physical Functioning

      

   Male

99.4 (2.2)

97.6 (13.3)

97.2 (7.9)

93.6 (17.2)

95.7 (13.4)

96.9 (8.1)

   Female

98.4 (4.5)

97.5 (5.4)

97.3 (7.1)

93.3 (19.7)

93.1 (12.3)

96.7 (7.6)

Role-Physical

      

   Male

93.8 (16.3)

91.2 (19.8)

90.8 (20.7)

89.8 (23.7)

81.4 (29.2)

89.6 (27.0)

   Female

91.1 (21.4)

86.3 (25.9)

87.5 (29.7)

90.4 (21.0)

84.8 (28.2)

85.4 (24.6)

Bodily Pain

      

   Male

86.9 (18.3)

87.0 (18.1)

86.3 (16.7)

93.5 (14.0)

77.9 (20.7)

81.9 (21.1)

   Female

88.8 (17.7)

82.1 (18.6)

82.4 (21.6)

86.4 (14.2)

78.4 (24.1)

74.0 (23.3)

General Health

      

   Male

86.8 (11.7)

85.1 (14.9)

82.9 (15.3)

92.5 (9.7)

79.8 (19.4)

78.1 (16.6)

   Female

82.7 (16.4)

78.0 (18.3)

81.6 (16.2)

86.2 (14.1)

71.1 (21.7)

73.3 (17.2)

Vitality

      

   Male

78.2 (12.1)

75.5 (18.9)

68.3 (18.0)

78.9 (14.0)

61.2 (22.0)

65.8 (14.6)

   Female

70.6 (16.4)

60.0 (18.4)

65.0 (19.7)

74.0 (18.8)

56.6 (21.9)

53.5 (22.8)

Social Functioning

      

   Male

97.7 (6.2)

93.4 (17.1)

92.6 (17.0)

96.9 (8.1)

90.6 (15.4)

91.7 (13.4)

   Female

95.3 (11.7)

91.3 (12.3)

90.5 (16.5)

95.0 (8.6)

80.5 (21.6)

78.6 (27.2)

Role-Emotional

      

   Male

95.5 (18.5)

88.9 (26.2)

85.9 (28.1)

95.5 (18.5)

86.4 (28.8)

89.8 (25.0)

   Female

90.4 (25.2)

78.5 (32.6)

84.1 (29.6)

87.8 (26.2)

68.9 (37.9)

65.3 (38.3)

Mental Health

      

   Male

86.8 (9.4)

84.1 (14.4)

80.2 (16.1)

87.0 (12.8)

78.9 (15.3)

77.2 (15.4)

   Female

79.5 (15.4)

76.9 (14.2)

77.7 (17.6)

82.2 (14.9)

69.4 (22.6)

66.3 (20.2)

Physical Component Summary

      

   Male

55.0 (2.9)

54.8 (5.5)

54.9 (4.8)

54.6 (6.2)

52.4 (6.1)

53.7 (7.2)

   Female

55.3 (4.3)

54.2 (5.5)

54.3 (6.2)

54.1 (6.2)

53.3 (7.6)

54.3 (6.2)

Mental Component Summary

      

   Male

52.7 (4.5)

50.5 (9.7)

48.3 (10.0)

53.3 (5.1)

47.9 (9.3)

48.0 (9.3)

   Female

49.1 (9.2)

45.7 (8.3)

47.0 (10.6)

50.5 (7.9)

41.3 (13.8)

39.1 (14.4)

Anxiety

      

   Male

3.59 (2.37)

3.79 (3.12)

4.07 (3.04)

2.34 (2.58)

5.17 (3.58)

5.08 (3.60)

   Female

5.64 (2.93)

5.34 (3.22)

5.50 (4.52)

4.58 (4.12)

7.00 (4.29)

6.96 (4.42)

Depression

      

   Male

2.32 (1.91)

2.49 (1.74)

2.78 (2.55)

1.82 (2.29)

3.76 (3.30)

2.89 (2.28)

   Female

2.20 (2.51)

2.68 (1.92)

2.59 (3.02)

2.15 (3.04)

3.00 (3.15)

4.02 (3.79)