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Table 4 SF-36 subsets (mean ± SD) at baseline and at week 16 (LOCF) including ANCOVA results from baseline to week 16 (LOCF) of ITT samples.

From: Evaluation of vardenafil for the treatment of subjective tinnitus: a controlled pilot study

SF-36 subsets

Vardenafil (N = 21)

Placebo (N = 21)

 
 

Baseline

LOCF

Changes

Baseline

LOCF

Changes

p-valuea

Physical funct.b

(85.7 ± 22.1)

80.5 ± 19.9

74.3 ± 28.0

-6.3 ± 15.0

77.0 ± 26.9

77.0 ± 27.6

0.0 ± 14.0

0.18

Role-physical

(83.7 ± 31.7)

58.8 ± 41.6

55.0 ± 44.9

-3.8 ± 40.0

63.1 ± 44.4

51.2 ± 47.1

-12 ± 33.2

0.53

Bodily pain

(79.1 ± 27.4)

60.1 ± 29.9

51.3 ± 31.4

-8.8 ± 17.4

65.2 ± 28.4

62.9 ± 30.4

-2.3 ± 19.9

0.21

General health

(68.1 ± 20.2)

59.5 ± 22.8

55.6 ± 25.4

-3.8 ± 10.9

49.1 ± 20.3

48.0 ± 22.4

-1.2 ± 12.0

0.52

Vitality

(63.3 ± 18.5)

55.3 ± 21.6

52.3 ± 22.6

-3.0 ± 12.1

43.8 ± 20.1

42.5 ± 25.3

-1.2 ± 13.9

0.75

Social funct.b

(88.8 ± 18.4)

73.2 ± 22.1

71.4 ± 24.4

-1.8 ± 9.9

62.5 ± 32.8

64.9 ± 33.0

2.4 ± 24.2

0.70

Role-emotional

(90.4 ± 25.6)

63.1 ± 42.9

61.4 ± 46.2

-1.7 ± 47.8

60.4 ± 43.0

54.0 ± 44.1

-6.4 ± 41.8

0.64

Mental health

(73.9 ± 16.4)

67.0 ± 19.2

61.6 ± 21.6

-5.4 ± 13.6

52.0 ± 20.4

51.0 ± 22.9

-1.1 ± 14.3

0.59

  1. aF-Test, ANCOVA; bfunctioning.
  2. In the left column, average German norms (± SD) are given in brackets.