Rubber band ligation for 750 cases of symptomatic hemorrhoids out of 2200 cases

Table 6 Quality of life using mean SF-36 scores pre-banding and at 1 mo and 2 yr follow up

Dimension	Pre-banding	After 6 mo	P	At 2 yr follow up	P
Physical functioning (PF)	58.98 ± 2.5	63.6 ± 3.4	0.03	60.12 ± 5.2	0.08
Role limitation due to physical problem (RP)	64.8 ± 15.22	63.6 ± 11.2	0.67	63.1 ± 10.2	0.56
Body pain (BP)	60.5 ± 4.32	63.6 ± 6.5	0.04	61.4 ± 7.1	0.07
General health (GH)	74.8 ± 4.9	76.5 ± 6.7	0.54	75.8 ± 6.6	0.57
Vitality (VT)	69.3 ± 12.5	70.2 ± 11.66	0.02	69.8 ± 12.3	0.09
Social functioning (SF)	73.9 ± 6.2	75.6 ± 5.66	0.05	74.1 ± 7.5	0.07
Role limitation due to emotional problem (RE)	60.4 ± 3.2	58.5 ± 5.6	0.08	65.2 ± 4.5	0.09
Mental heath (MH)	71.9 ± 2.8	73.5 ± 2.3	0.01	73.6 ± 5.2	0.04