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Table 4 SF-36 scores of the study population before and one year after cardiac surgery

From: Health-related quality of life after cardiac surgery – the effects of age, preoperative conditions and postoperative complications

 

Before surgery

One year after surgery

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n = 260

n = 260

 

Sub-score

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

 

PF

48.2

28.1

65.5

24.1

<0.001

RP

28.8

37.3

51.1

38.8

<0.001

BP

59.1

25.9

73.9

23.4

<0.001

GH

46.9

17.2

51.8

17.9

<0.001

VT

48.3

19.9

57.4

18.9

<0.001

SF

66.1

22.1

73.6

22.7

<0.001

RE

42.6

42.3

67.9

35.3

<0.001

MH

59.7

20.3

70.6

16.5

<0.001

  1. PF – physical functioning, RP – role physical, BP – bodily pain, GH – general health, VT – vitality, SF – social functioning, RE – role emotional, MH – mental health.