The Health-Related Quality of Life of Patients Waiting for Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction Is Worse Than an Age- and Sex-Matched Population: Increasing Time on Waiting List for Surgery Was Independently Associated with a Worse Quality of Life

Table 1

HRQoL scores of the study cohort compared to an age- and sex-matched population.

Patient-reported outcome measure	Study cohort	Matched population	Difference (95% CI)	value
EQ-5D 5L	0.557 (0.272)	0.923	0.367; (0.300 to 0.432)	<0.001
SF-36
Physical function	59.9 (24.2)	92.2	32.2; (26.4 to 38.1)	<0.001
Role limitations-physical	30.2 (33.6)	90.1	59.9; (51.6 to 68.1)	<0.001
Role limitations-emotional	48.7 (41.2)	84.1	35.4; (25.4 to 45.4)	<0.001
Energy/fatigue	50.0 (25.8)	63.4	13.4; (7.2 to 19.6)	<0.001
Emotional wellbeing	60.4 (18.5)	74.4	14.0; (9.5 to 18.4)	<0.001
Social functioning	56.6 (28.5)	89.7	33.1; (26.2 to 40.0)	<0.001
Pain	51.7 (27.8)	85.1	33.4; (26.7 to 40.2)	<0.001
General health	57.0 (19.5)	74.5	17.5; (12.8 to 22.2)	<0.001

t-test.