Research Article
Quality of Life in Patients with Acromegaly before and after Transsphenoidal Surgical Resection
Table 1
Quality of life before and after operation in acromegalic patients.
| | | Baseline (%) | 3-month follow-up (%) | 6-month follow-up (%) | for repeated measure |
| | SF-36 | 65.3 (63.2–69.2) | 66.1 (64.9–72.8) | 75.3 (63.9–83.2) | ≤0.001 | | Physical functioning | 90.0 (90.0–95.0) | 85.0 (85.0–95.0) | 90.0 (80.0–100.0) | 0.001 | | Role physical | 50.0 (25.0–75.0) | 25.0 (25.0–75.0) | 75.0 (75.0–100.0) | ≤0.001 | | Bodily pain | 74.0 (74.0–80.0) | 84.0 (74.0–100.0) | 72.0 (70.0–84.0) | ≤0.001 | | General health | 45.0 (27.0–57.0) | 75.0 (52.0–82.0) | 67.0 (50.0–77.0) | ≤0.001 | | Vitality | 70.0 (50.0–75.0) | 45.0 (40.0–70.0) | 65.0 (55.0–75.0) | 0.669 | | Role emotional | 33.3 (0.0–100.0) | 66.7 (66.7–100.0) | 100.0 (66.7–100.0) | ≤0.001 | | Social functioning | 100.0 (100.0–100.0) | 87.5 (62.5–100.0) | 100.0 (100.0–100.0) | 0.894 | | Mental health | 72.0 (52.0–72.0) | 56.0 (56.0–68.0) | 68.0 (56.0–80.0) | 0.170 | | Health transition | 50.0 (25.0–50.0) | 50.0 (50.0–75.0) | 75.0 (50.0–75.0) | ≤0.001 | | AcroQoL | 59.1 (51.8–71.8) | 74.5 (70.0–76.4) | 77.3 (59.1–87.5) | ≤0.001 | | Appearance | 57.1 (48.6–62.9) | 54.3 (54.3–60.0) | 62.9 (54.3–82.9) | ≤0.001 | | Personal relation | 74.3 (62.9–80.0) | 91.4 (77.1–91.4) | 82.9 (65.7–91.4) | ≤0.001 | | Physical | 65.0 (47.5–77.5) | 77.5 (72.5–82.5) | 82.5 (62.5–90.0) | ≤0.001 |
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