Table 3 Associations between baseline health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and psychosocial variables, and 6Â month HRQoL (N=294)
| Â | Â | Â | Physical HRQoL | Â | Â | Mental HRQoL | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | N | Mean (SD) | Mean difference | p | Mean (SD) | Mean difference | p |
| Â | Â | Â | (95% CI) | Â | Â | (95% CI) | Â |
HRQoL (0–100)a | 294 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  Physical HRQoL |  | - | 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) | <0.001 | - | 0.1 (0.0, 0.3) | 0.04 |
  Mental HRQoL |  | - | 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) | <0.001 | - | 0.4 (0.4, 0.5) | <0.001 |
   Physical Functioning (PF) |  | - | 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) | <0.001 | - | 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) | <0.001 |
   Role Physical (RP) |  | - | 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) | <0.001 | - | 0.2 (0.0, 0.3) | 0.01 |
   Bodily Pain (BP) |  | - | 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) | <0.001 | - | 0.2 (0.1, 0.2) | <0.01 |
   General Health (GH) |  | - | 0.7 (0.6, 0.8) | <0.001 | - | 0.3 (0.2, 0.5) | <0.001 |
   Vitality (VT) |  | - | 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) | <0.001 | - | 0.4 (0.3, 0.5) | <0.001 |
   Social Functioning (SF) |  | - | 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) | <0.001 | - | 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) | <0.001 |
   Role Emotional (RE) |  | - | 0.2 (0.1, 0.3) | <0.001 | - | 0.3 (0.2, 0.3) | <0.001 |
   Mental Health (MH) |  | - | 0.3 (0.2, 0.4) | <0.001 | - | 0.5 (0.4, 0.6) | <0.001 |
Anxiousb (range 0–21) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  No (0–7) | 205 | 46.7 (10.9) |  |  | 53.6 (8.7) |  |  |
  Yes (8–21) | 88 | 42.8 (11.5) | -4.0 (-6.8, -1.2) | <0.01 | 43.3 (12.9) | -10.3 (-12.8, -7.7) | <0.001 |
Depressedb (range 0–21) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
  No (0–7) | 241 | 46.7 (10.9) |  |  | 53.0 (8.5) |  |  |
  Yes (8–21) | 52 | 40.2 (11.5) | -6.6 (-9.9, -3.3) | <0.001 | 39.2 (14.5) | -13.8 (-16.7, -10.8) | <0.001 |
Social Supporta,b (range 10–34) | 293 | - | 0.4 (0.2, 0.7) | <0.001 | - | 0.6 (0.4, 0.9) | <0.001 |