Erythromelalgia? A Clinical Study of People Who Experience Red, Hot, Painful Feet in the Community
Table 2
The average and confidence interval of SF-36 Global Quality of Life Survey Scores of the self-identified study population compared to female New Zealand health survey respondents between the ages of 65–74 years.
SF-36 domains
Hot feet participants
New Zealand health survey respondents
value
Physical function
60.4 (54.2–66.6)*
72.3 (69.4–75.2)
Role physical
61.3 (55.1–67.5)
70.3 (66.0–75.2)
Body pain
55.5 (50.2–60.8)*
74.4 (71.6–77.3)
General health
55.3 (51.1–59.5)*
70.9 (68.7–73.1)
Vitality
51.3 (48.2–54.4)*
64.9 (62.9–67.0)
Social function
70.0 (64.0–76.0)*
86.6 (84.5–88.7)
Role emotional
75.2 (69.6–80.8)*
84.2 (81.0–87.3)
Mental health
72.8 (67.0–78.3)*
79.1 (77.6–80.6)
indicates that hot feet participant average scores were significantly different form the average scores of NZ health survey respondents.
