Table 2 Changes in patients and partners pre – and post-operative health-related quality of life
Variable | Patients pre-op | Patients post-op | Partners pre-op | Partners post-op | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | p | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | t | p | |
SF12 (n = 80) | ||||||||
PCS | 30.45 (8.64) | 41.47 (10.94) | −10.87 | 0.001 | 46.92 (10.92) | 45.94 (11.13) | 0.88 | 0.382 |
MCS | 44.17 (11.50) | 48.19 (11.63) | −3.05 | 0.003 | 45.81 (11.34) | 47.48 (11.48) | −0.90 | 0.370 |
SAQ (n = 8) | ||||||||
PLS | 29.46 (17.78) | 66.07 (23.30)* | - 4.17 | 0.004 | - | |||
AFP | 18.28 (15.22) | 52.65 (28.67)* | - 2.65 | 0.333 | - | |||
TS | 71.87 (10.85) | 65.50 (27.81)* | 1.94 | 0.380 | - | |||
QLSP (n = 80) | ||||||||
EFD | - | - | 64.00 (15.25) | 73.86 (15.40) | −5.48 | 0.001 | ||
PSFD | - | - | 57.09 (12.26) | 64.87 (10.60) | −5.88 | 0.001 |