Quality of life after colorectal surgery: A prospective study of patients compared with their spouses

Table 4 Comparison of the changes in patients’ and spouses’ quality of life according to gender

		Patient			Spouse
Scale	Subscale	Male	Female	P value	Male	Female	P value
WHODAS-II	Understanding andcommunication	8 ± 28 [0 (-100; 100)]	9 ± 24 [0 (-27; 86)]	0.829	6 ± 30 [0 (-100; 100)]	14 ± 37 [0 (-100; 150)]	0.127
	Getting around	43 ± 103 [0 (-100; 500)]	27 ± 57 [0 (-100; 300)]	0.900	5 ± 29 [0 (-100; 100)]	2 ± 20 [0 (-80; 100)]	0.247
	Self-care	5 ± 24 [0 (0; 133)]	-1 ± 20 [0 (-100; 75)]	0.343	-1 ± 17 [0 (-100; 50) ]	0 ± 0 [0 (0; 0)]	1.000
	Getting along withpeople	69 ± 138 [25 (-100; 800)]	38 ± 66 [0 (-100; 200)]	0.317	37 ± 58 [17 (0; 200)]	25 ± 47 [0 (-100; 100)]	0.322
	Life activities	8 ± 47 [0 (-100; 150)]	59 ± 104 [0 (-100; 400)]	0.008	39 ± 96 [0 (-100; 350)]	101 ± 174 [0 (-100; 800)]	0.046
	Participation insociety	72 ± 66 [69 (-100; 240)]	91 ± 112 [60 (-50; 550)]	0.593	77 ± 156 [37 (-17; 799)]	29 ± 51 [20 (-100; 200)]	0.044
	Total	74 ± 85 [58 (-100; 400)]	92 ± 123 [44 (-12; 635)]	0.500	72 ± 74 [50 (-25; 301)]	51 ± 66 [41 (-100; 349)]	0.453
SF-36	Physical function	-4 ± 7 [-4 (-24; 15)]	-5 ± 9 [0 (-44; 3)]	0.664	-1 ± 4 [0 (-24; 7)]	1 ± 9 [0 (-11; 65)]	0.237
	Physical role	-7 ± 34 [0 (-50; 101)]	-10 ± 26 [0 (-50; 101)]	0.833	0 ± 13 [0 (-50; 33)]	1 ± 19 [0 (-50; 101)]	0.894
	Bodily pain	-14 ± 15 [-18 (-40; 35)]	-15 ± 13 [-11 (-53; 11)]	0.842	-3 ± 9 [0 (-31; 22)]	0 ± 12 [0 (-27; 68)]	0.456
	General health	-15 ± 12 [-14 (-36; 16)]	-16 ± 11 [-14 (-50; 0)]	0.655	-3 ± 5 [-0 (-22; 7)]	-4 ± 5 [0 (-18; 8)]	0.766
	PCS	-8 ± 11 [-6 (-27; 32)]	-11 ± 11 [-8 (-45; 7)]	0.465	3 ± 9 [1 (-30; 18)]	3 ± 8 [1 (-15; 27)]	0.911
	Vitality	-6 ± 11 [-7 (-22; 54)]	-7 ± 8 [-4 (-43; 5)]	0.414	-5 ± 7 [-4 (-21; 6)]	-4 ± 13 [-2 (-28; 70)]	0.760
	Social function	-13 ± 20 [-15 (-40; 61)]	-21 ± 16 [-19 (-47; 18)]	0.090	-14 ± 15 [-12 (-53; 18)]	-14 ± 19 -13 (-59; 61)]	0.615
	Emotional role	-15 ± 50 [0 (-57; 133)]	-15 ± 34 [0 (-57; 133)]	0.447	-14 ± 23 [0 (-57; 23)]	-7 ± 44 [0 (-57; 133)]	0.832
	Mental health	-8 ± 18 [-11 (-33; 91)]	-10 ± 10 [-7 (-33; 4)]	0.613	-8 ± 11 [-6 (-31; 7)]	-5 ± 19 [-5 (-36; 115)]	0.674
	MCS	-14 ± 27 [-16 (-44; 123)]	-15 ± 16 [-10 (-51; 25)]	0.542	-17 ± 18 [-6 (-61; 2)]	-14 ± 28 [-8 (-62; 124)]	0.955

Cells represent the mean ± SD [median (minimum-maximum)] of the percentage change in score between the preoperative value and the postoperative value at 15-18 mo for each subject. WHODAS-II: World Health Organization Disability Assessment Schedule II; SF-36: 36-item Short Form Survey; PCS: Physical component score; MCS: Mental component score.