Quality of life and psychological outcome of donors after living donor liver transplantation

Table 2 Health related quality of life after donation

SF-36 domains	Donors (71)	General population	t value	P value
	mean ± SD	mean ± SD
Physical functioning	93.66 ± 7.26	90.80 ± 15.07	2.230	0.033
Role-physical	80.88 ± 33.18	79.51 ± 34.70	0.241	0.811
Bodily pain	71.29 ± 27.15	82.41 ± 21.25	-2.387	0.023
General health	67.33 ± 19.11	67.30 ± 21.97	0.010	0.992
Vitality	67.22 ± 18.72	71.44 ± 15.81	-1.234	0.227
Social functioning	79.69 ± 14.11	85.29 ± 18.06	-2.246	0.032
Role-emotional	76.47 ± 39.81	76.45 ± 38.47	0.003	0.998
Mental health	74.13 ± 17.12	73.52 ± 15.68	0.196	0.846

SF-36: Short Form-36.