A study of patients’ quality of life more than 5 years after trauma: a prospective follow-up

Table 3 Comparison between the trauma group and a reference group of mean (SD) SF-36 scores

SF-36 items	Trauma group N = 55	Reference group* N = 20,754	Difference between the reference and trauma patients
Physical pain	54.5 ± 35	73 ± 24.6	− 18.5
Emotional well-being	43.5 ± 13.6	66.7 ± 17.7	− 23.2
General health	55.6 ± 20.9	67.8 ± 18.9	− 12.2
Physical functioning	65.5 ± 33.7	85.3 ± 22.3	− 19.8
Social functioning	58.8 ± 45.3	80.9 ± 21.2	− 22.1
Limitations due to emotional problems	59.5 ± 44.2	82 ± 32.9	− 22.5
Limitations due to physical health	45.9 ± 19.4	82.2 ± 32.2	− 36.3
Energy	58.8 ± 26.2	57.4 ± 18	1.4
Average physical score	52.7 ± 20.7	50.3 ± 9.1	2.4
Average mental score	54.5 ± 35	47.2 ± 9.7	7.3

Results are expressed in averages and standard deviations for data from the INSEE study* and in numerical values with regards to the variation in averages in quality of life in both populations. The calculation of statistical significance is not possible due to the difference in the number of patients between the groups and the comparison is given for information purposes only

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