Measurement of health-related quality of life post aortic valve replacement via minimally invasive incisions

Table 4 SF 36 scales and health changes in ministernotomy compared to minithoracotomy

	Ministernotomy n = 96	Minithoracotomy n = 93	T test	P value
Physical functioning	70.31 ± 22.88	79.69 ± 20.72	2.951	P = 0.0036
Role limitation due to physical problems	58.59 ± 31.17	75.28 ± 26.52	3.959	P = 0.0001
Role limitation due to emotional problems	78.82 ± 26.1	82.35 ± 24.2	0.963	P = 0.3366
Energy/Fatigue	66.93 ± 19.95	66.02 ± 10.49	− 0.391	P = 0.6965
Emotional well being	78.27 ± 17.19	74.76 ± 17.15	− 1.405	P = 0.1617
Social functioning	66.15 ± 27.32	87.91 ± 16.98	6.552	P < 0.0001
Pain	78.1 ± 21.41	83.46 ± 17.42	1.884	P = 0.0611
General health	66.31 ± 22.22	61.02 ± 14.15	− 1.945	P = 0.0532
Health change	83.6 ± 22.6	93.28 ± 11.74	3.678	P = 0.0003

Data are reported as the mean ± SD, P value > 0.05 is nonsignificant, P value ≤ 0.05 is significant, P value < 0.0001 is highly significant

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