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Table 3 SF 36 health survey

From: Long term outcome and quality of life after open incisional hernia repair - light versus heavy weight meshes

 

LW mesh

(Vypro®)

HW mesh

(Prolene®)

p

German normal population

physical functioning

64.2 ± 26.5

71.3 ± 33.3

0.570

83.7 ± 19.5

physical role functioning

50.0 ± 46.5

45.8 ± 45.0

0.826

80.6 ± 31.9

bodily pain

62.3 ± 35.0

67.3 ± 31.9

0.718

72.7 ± 27.3

general health perceptions

50.6 ± 26.5

49.3 ± 21.5

0.894

61.0 ± 19.1

vitality

48.3 ± 13.4

51.3 ± 10.3

0.555

61.2 ± 17.3

social role functioning

74.0 ± 22.9

70.8 ± 21.5

0.734

86.8 ± 18.0

emotional role functioning

47.2 ± 48.1

77.8 ± 32.8

0.084

88.9 ± 26.9

mental health

60.3 ± 29.3

70.3 ± 12.4

0.288

72.4 ± 16.1

  1. The first four domains describe the physical, the last four the mental health status. The results from each scale vary from 0 to 100 (worst to best possible health status). The scores are compared to the age-stratified German population (Bullinger M, Kirchberger I. S36 Fragebogen zum Gesundheitszustand Holzgreve 1998)
  2. Data for the LW light weight and HW heavy weight group are presented as mean ± standard deviation. Differences were considered significant at p < 0.05.
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