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Table 3 Comparison of pre-procedure and post-procedure SF-36 parameters between groups

From: Patients’ life quality during ureterorenoscopy, ureterorenoscopy plus JJ insertion and shock wave lithotripsy in the management of distal ureteral stone: a prospective clinical study

 

SWL (n = 44)

URS (n = 27)

URS + JJ (n = 31)

P value

Physical functioning (PF)

Before

52.0 ± 4.3

51.3 ± 6.5

49.5 ± 5.5

0.101

After

55.2 ± 6.9a

49.6 ± 5.7b

50.6 ± 5.2b

0.005

Role physical (RP)

Before

45.8 ± 6.6

44.7 ± 11.1

43.7 ± 4.0

0.364

After

51.6 ± 8.0 a

46.7 ± 7.5 b

47.2 ± 4.8 b

0.031

Bodily pain (BP)

Before

41.2 ± 8.1

41.2 ± 6.5

39.3 ± 5.9

0.366

After

52.8 ± 9.5 a

47.5 ± 8.5 b

46.5 ± 7.6 b

0.006

General health (GH)

Before

54.5 ± 3.9

55.3 ± 6.5

52.1 ± 6.8

0.107

After

55.1 ± 5.0

53.9 ± 7.1

51.9 ± 6.8

0.103

Vitality (VT)

Before

60.7 ± 3.7

61.0 ± 5.3

59.8 ± 5.1

0.687

After

55.4 ± 5.7

55.5 ± 5.9

54.3 ± 5.5

0.518

Social functioning (SF)

Before

41.1 ± 6.4

44.3 ± 7.1

41.7 ± 4.9

0.220

After

45.6 ± 6.9

46.3 ± 8.1

45.4 ± 6.3

0.835

Role emotional (RE)

Before

49.2 ± 6.5

50.6 ± 7.9

46.6 ± 10.2

0.180

After

49.9 ± 5.7

49.5 ± 6.1

47.2 ± 8.0

0.340

Mental health (MH)

Before

48.1 ± 8.1

44.5 ± 8.7

46.6 ± 5.8

0.120

After

49.8 ± 5.7

47.8 ± 7.8

48.6 ± 5.5

0.612

  1. Lower-case letters are used to define the group that makes the difference. The same letters (such as a-a) define that there is no difference, different letters (such as a-b) define that there is a difference