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Table 2 Descriptive statistics

From: Personality and the physician-patient relationship as predictors of quality of life of cardiac patients after rehabilitation

 

Minimum in dataset

Maximum in dataset

Mean

Standard deviation

Effect size (for HRQOL scales)

HRQOL

     

SF-12: PC

     

Start of rehabilitation

8,47

58,51

34,09

10,29

.32

End of rehabilitation

7,51

65,11

37,34

10,87

 

MacNew: PL

     

Start of rehabilitation

1.60

7

4.69

1.22

.46

End of rehabilitation

1,99

7

5,25

1,10

 

SAQ: PL

     

Start of rehabilitation

0

100

56,35

25,29

.22

End of rehabilitation

0

100

61,85

24,78

 

SF-12: MC

     

Start of rehabilitation

9,84

70,14

46,39

12,18

.39

End of rehabilitation

11,81

75,37

51,09

11,60

 

MacNew: EF

     

Start of rehabilitation

1,17

7

4,79

1,24

.47

End of rehabilitation

1,33

7

5,37

1,13

 

MacNew: SF

     

Start of rehabilitation

1,18

7

4,56

1,33

.57

End of rehabilitation

1,80

7

5,32

1,14

 

Personality variables

     

Cynicism

0

23

12,63

5,17

 

Trait anger

10

37

18,24

5,01

 

Physician patient relationship

     

PICS: DF

1

4

2,94

0,72

 

PICS: PI

1

4

3,01

0,75

 

Trust in physician

25,90

100

79,58

14,44

 
  1. Personality variables were measured at the beginning of rehabilitation, variables of the physician-patient relationship at the end of rehabilitation. For all HRQOL scales, higher values indicate higher quality of life. Effect size = difference of the mean values divided by the pretest standard deviation.