Table 4 Distribution of Short Form-36 and Hepatitis B Quality of Life subscale scores of patients with hepatitis B by disease status at study entry

 Physical functioning

90 (70;100)

85 (60;100)

90 (65;100)

<0,001 ^{┼, ╪},0,203^§

90 (65;100)

 Role physical,

100 (50;100)

100 (25;100)

100 (25;100)

<0,001 ^{┼, ╪},0,721^§

100 (50;100)

 Role emotional

100 (33,3;100)

100 (33,3;100)

100 (33,3;100)

0,001 ^┼,0,004 ^╪, 0,859^§

100 (33,3;100)

 Vitality

50 (45;70)

55 (45;70)

55 (40;70)

0,060^┼,0,167^╪,0,819^§

55 (40;70)

 Mental health

72 (52;84)

68 (52;80)

68 (52;80)

0,005 ^┼,<0,001 ^╪, 0,016 ^§

68 (52;84)

 Social functioning

87,5 (62,5;100)

87,5 (62,5;100)

87,5 (50;100)

0,012 ^┼,<0,001 ^╪,0,006 ^§

87,5 (62,5;100)

 Bodily pain

100 (67,5;100)

90 (67,5;100)

90 (65;100)

0,185^┼, <0,001 ^╪,0,013 ^§

90 (67,5;100)

 General health

65 (45;75)

60 (45;70)

60 (45;75)

<0,001 ^{┼, ╪},0,775^§

60 (45;75)

 Physical component score

79 (58,5;86)

74 (54,5;84)

74 (54;85)

<0,001 ^{┼, ╪},0,644^§

75,5 (55,5;85)

 Mental component score

74 (52,4;81,8)

69,4 (50;80)

67,8 (49;80,8)

<0,001 ^┼,╪,0,511^§

70,6 (50,3;80,8)

 Psychological Well-Being

90 (67,5;97,5)

85 (70;95)

82,5 (65;95)

0,019 ^┼,<0,001 ^╪,0,090^§

85 (67,5;95)

 Anticipation anxiety

80 (56,7;93,3)

76,6 (53,3;90)

70 (50;90)

0,008 ^┼, <0,001 ^╪, 0,001 ^§

76,6 (53,3;93,3)

 Vitality

80 (64;88)

76 (64;88)

76 (60;88)

<0,001 ^┼,0,001 ^╪,0,758^§

80 (64;88)

 Stigma

93,3 (73,3;100)

90 (73,3;100)

90 (70;100)

0,056^┼, 0,001 ^╪,0,071^§

90 (73,3;100)

 Vulnerability

80 (60;93,3)

80 (60;93,3)

73,3 (53,3;93,3)

<0,001 ^┼,╪,0,300^§

80 (60;93,3)

 Total score

85 (67,1;93,6)

80,7 (66,4;91,4)

79,3 (63,9;90,7)

<0,001 ^┼,╪,0,024 ^§

81,4 (65,7;92,1)