Total population n = 48

GHQ-28 < 5

n = 34

GHQ-28 ≥ 5

n = 14

p-value*

SF-36 items

Physical Functioning (PF)

69.7 ± 29.4

77.2 ± 26.8

51.4 ± 28.1

0.004

80 [50 - 95]

85 [75 - 95]

53 [25 - 75]

Role-Physical (RP)

55.7 ± 37.6

64.0 ± 37.0

35.7 ± 32.1

0.016

50 [25 - 100]

75 [25 - 100]

38 [0 - 75]

Bodily Pain (BP)

73.7 ± 28.0

79.5 ± 25.2

59.7 ± 30.5

0.024

84 [56 - 100]

84 [70 - 100]

57 [41 - 100]

General Health (GH)

61.0 ± 22.5

69.2 ± 16.9

41.4 ± 22.8

<0.001

67 [50 - 77]

72 [62 - 82]

33 [25 - 65]

Vitality (VT)

71.4 ± 19.8

77.1 ± 16.3

57.5 ± 21.1

0.001

75 [65 - 88]

75 [70 - 90]

58 [40 - 70]

Social Functioning (SF)

81.3 ± 26.0

89.3 ± 16.0

61.6 ± 34.8

<0.001

88 [75 - 100]

94 [88 - 100]

63 [25 - 100]

Role-Emotional (RE)

81.9 ± 33.5

93.9 ± 19.5

51.3 ± 42.2

<0.001

100 [67 - 100]

100 [100 - 100]

67 [0 - 100]

Mental health (MH)

74.4 ± 19.7

80.0 ± 16.2

60.9 ± 21.5

0.001

76 [64 - 88]

84 [72 - 92]

62 [40 - 76]

Physical Component Summary (PCS)

43.3 ± 9.3

45.7 ± 8.1

37.4 ± 9.8

0.005

45 [38 - 51]

47 [42 - 52]

38 [29 - 45]

Mental Component Summary (MCS)

53.4 ± 9.6

56.6 ± 6.7

45.4 ± 11.3

<0.001

56 [48 - 60]

59 [53 - 61]

47 [37 - 49]

Barthel index

97.3 ± 7.1

98.7 ± 4.1

94.0 ± 11.0

0.033

100 [100 - 100]

100 [100 - 100]

100 [90 -100]