The Correlations between Health-Related Quality of Life Changes and Pain and Anxiety in Orthodontic Patients in the Initial Stage of Treatment

Table 1

Means and standard deviations of the scores of the SF-36 domains after the initial archwire placement in the study participants.

	Physical functioning		Physical role		Body pain		General health		Vitality		Social functioning		Emotional role		Mental health
	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD	mean	SD
All	95.62	10.45	88.31	25.44	77.09	14.49	80.25	16.82	74.83	15.24	90.60	12.89	75.98	69.63	79.21	15.37
10–16 years	94.90	11.76	90.78	22.46	78.20	14.32	84.08	16.06	77.60	15.44	92.40	10.91	84.10	82.53	82.17	14.51
17–29 years	96.74	7.91	84.47	29.21	75.37	14.67	74.28	16.32	70.51	13.93	87.80	15.12	63.33	39.56	74.60	15.60
Male	94.95	11.97	87.10	26.49	74.95	14.61	80.81	15.30	73.53	14.75	89.71	13.08	72.49	34.71	78.11	15.93
10–16 years	94.08	12.54	87.25	25.45	74.22	14.43	83.28	14.52	75.67	14.66	90.90	12.02	74.82	32.95	80.53	15.23
17–29 years	96.25	11.08	86.88	28.30	76.05	14.99	77.10	15.88	70.33	14.50	87.93	14.50	69.00	37.35	74.48	16.45
Female	96.08	9.25	89.16	24.75	78.59	14.27	79.86	17.85	75.73	15.55	91.22	12.76	78.42	86.07	79.98	14.97
10–16 years	95.45	11.24	93.18	19.96	80.92	13.67	84.63	17.09	78.92	15.89	93.42	10.03	90.43	103.30	83.28	13.98
17–29 years	97.09	4.48	82.73	30.00	74.87	14.55	72.24	16.47	70.64	13.64	87.71	15.68	59.20	40.93	74.69	15.11