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Table 2 Mean SF-36 scores by time since diagnosis and disease stage in chronic kidney disease patients (N = 98).

From: Defensive coping and health-related quality of life in chronic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study

SF-36

DIMENSIONSa

TIME SINCE DIAGNOSIS

Mean(SD)

DISEASE STAGE

Mean(SD)

 
 

≤3 years

(N = 21)

>3 years

(N = 77)

Pre-dialysis

(N = 79)

Dialysis

(N = 19)

Total

(N = 98)

PCSb

51.97(7.06)

45.24(8.18) ***

48.32(7.40)

39.87(8.99) ***

46.68(8.39)

MCSc

45.20(10.15)

47.75(10.54)

47.52(10.25)

45.90(11.48)

47.20(10.46)

Physical functioning

82.61(18.61)

74.67(18.99) *

80.44(15.19)

59.47(24.31) ***

76.37(19.10)

Role/Physical

59.52(42.18)

74.35(36.49)

73.42(35.65)

61.84(46.67)

71.17(38.05)

Bodily pain

94.33(13.53)

71(28.22) ***

79.59(23.63)

61.05(36.76) *

76.00(27.46)

General health

67.95(19.73)

50.53(17.92) ***

57.48(18.92)

40.89(16.77) **

54.26(19.58)

Vitality

63.33(23.62)

59.87(20.35)

61.77(20.20)

55.78(24.10)

60.61(21.02)

Social functioning

86.90(16.52)

72.07(24.90) **

77.84(22.37)

64.47(28.34)

75.25(24.07)

Role/Emotional

58.73(37.86)

74.02(36.52)

74.68(34.26)

54.38(44.73)

70.74(37.15)

Mental Health

64.76(18.57)

69.76(20.31)

68.75(19.73)

68.42(21.49)

68.69(19.97)

  1. a Lower scores indicate worse health; bPCS: Physical Component Summary score; cMCS: Mental Component Summary score
  2. *p <.05, **p <.01 and ***p <.001, Mann-Whitney U test for comparisons of ranked scores.