Research Article

Evaluation of Planned versus Unplanned Soft-Tissue Sarcoma Resection Using PROMIS Measures

Table 5

Average PROMIS values and standard deviations (SD) for patients at least 12 months following their surgical procedure.

Health domainProcedureMeanSDU.S. general population mean scoreSD values

Physical function T-scorePlanned resection45.510.15010<0.001
Unplanned excision48.911.10.708

Anxiety T-scorePlanned resection47.38.950100.172
Unplanned excision48.67.90.44.

Depression T-scorePlanned resection43.97.75010<0.001
Unplanned excision42.16.60.001

Fatigue T-scorePlanned resection46.711.650100.026
Unplanned excision45.810.00.027

Sleep disturbance T-scorePlanned resection47.07.950100.006
Unplanned excision44.410.40.055

Ability to participate T-scorePlanned resection52.011.550100.465
Unplanned excision53.710.40.13

Pain interference T-scorePlanned resection50.610.750100.264
Unplanned excision50.19.90.824

The U.S.s general population mean is set to 50 with a standard deviation of 10.