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 domain | Procedure | Mean | SD | U.S. general population mean score | SD | values |
| Physical function T-score | Planned resection | 45.5 | 10.1 | 50 | 10 | <0.001 | Unplanned excision | 48.9 | 11.1 | 0.708 |
| Anxiety T-score | Planned resection | 47.3 | 8.9 | 50 | 10 | 0.172 | Unplanned excision | 48.6 | 7.9 | 0.44. |
| Depression T-score | Planned resection | 43.9 | 7.7 | 50 | 10 | <0.001 | Unplanned excision | 42.1 | 6.6 | 0.001 |
| Fatigue T-score | Planned resection | 46.7 | 11.6 | 50 | 10 | 0.026 | Unplanned excision | 45.8 | 10.0 | 0.027 |
| Sleep disturbance T-score | Planned resection | 47.0 | 7.9 | 50 | 10 | 0.006 | Unplanned excision | 44.4 | 10.4 | 0.055 |
| Ability to participate T-score | Planned resection | 52.0 | 11.5 | 50 | 10 | 0.465 | Unplanned excision | 53.7 | 10.4 | 0.13 |
| Pain interference T-score | Planned resection | 50.6 | 10.7 | 50 | 10 | 0.264 | Unplanned excision | 50.1 | 9.9 | 0.824 |
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The U.S.s general population mean is set to 50 with a standard deviation of 10.
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