Comparison between empirical prokinetics, Helicobacter test-and-treat and empirical endoscopy in primary-care patients presenting with dyspepsia: A one-year study

Table 4 Median SF-36 quality-of-life scores for the three diagnostic and treatment groups (wk 0/ wk 6/ one year). Transformed scores out of 100

	BP	GH	MH	PF	RE	RP	SF	VT
All groups	63/84/51	40/47/42	72/72/60	95/95/85	100/100/67	50/100/75	88/88/75	45/50/50
Empirical endoscopy	62/84/51	50/52/50	72/72/60	95/95/85	100/100/67	75/100/75	75/100/75	50/45/50
H pylori test-and-treat	62/84/51	40/45/36	68/72/60	95/95 80	67/100/33	50/100/75	75/88/63	45/45/45
Empirical Prokinetics	72/84/52	39/49/45	76/72/64	95/95/85	100/100/67	50/100/75	88/88/75	45/50/50

BP: bodily pain; GH: general health; MH: mental health; PF: physical functioning; RE: role-emotional; RP: role-physical; SF: social functioning; VT: vitality.