Influence of an outpatient multidisciplinary pain management program on the health-related quality of life and the physical fitness of chronic pain patients

Table 3 Mean ± SEM of the eight health categories of SF-36

	Pre	Post	Follow-up1	Follow-up2	Follow-up3
PF	39.8 ± 3.6	39.8 ± 3.7	43.5 ± 4.8	44.1 ± 4.8	24.0 ± 9.9
RP	10.5 ± 3.8	12.9 ± 3.8	13.2 ± 2.6	13.6 ± 3.4	10.0 ± 6.1
BP	19.1 ± 2.0	22.0 ± 2.6	23.3 ± 3.7	27.9 ± 2.2	17.4 ± 4.0
GH	42.5 ± 2.7	42.2 ± 2.5	36.1 ± 1.9	44.6 ± 3.6	38.4 ± 2.9
VT	28.9 ± 2.5	31.8 ± 2.7	34.1 ± 3.2	37.1 ± 3.5	37.0 ± 8.5
SF	40.3 ± 4.2	42.2 ± 4.1	46.3 ± 5.6	45.5 ± 6.6	32.5 ± 10.2
RE	35.5 ± 7.3	48.3 ± 7.1	49.0 ± 8.9	66.7 ± 8.9*	41.7 ± 18.8
MH	46.8 ± 3.6	53.8 ± 3.2	55.3 ± 4.1	56.7 ± 4.1	48.0 ± 10.7

PF Physical Functioning; RP Role-Physical; BP Bodily Pain; GH General Health; VT Vitality; SF Social Functioning; RE Role-Emotional; MH Mental Health. *Significantly different from pre (p = 0.043).

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