Health-related quality of life and impact of antiviral treatment in Chinese patients with chronic hepatitis C in Taiwan

Table 2 Mean scores of eight domains of Short Form 36 (SF-36) Health-related Quality of Life (HRQOL) Questionnaire in subjects with and without chronic hepatitis C (CH-C)

SF-36 domains	CH-C patients(n = 182)	Non CH-C control group(n = 189)	P
General health	49.0±19.9	59.7±19.4	<0.001
Physical functioning	63.1±18.9	82.7±18.4	<0.001
Role-physical	58.0±43.9	69.6±40.3	0.008
Role-emotional	62.4±44.3	72.5±40.6	0.03
Social functioning	81.0±17.2	82.9±14.2	0.568
Body pain	72.3±16.9	70.5±17.6	0.319
Vitality	56.2±19.9	64.4±17.0	<0.001
Mental health	66.2±14.9	70.1±14.4	0.008

¹Mann–Whitney U test.