Medium-term surgical outcomes and health-related quality of life after laparoscopic vs open colorectal cancer resection: SF-36 health survey questionnaire

Table 3 Comparison of Quality of life between patients receiving laparoscopic resection vs those undergoing open resection

Health domains	LR group	OR group	P value
Physical functioning			0.121
Preoperative	91.3 (20.5)	92.7 (23.6)	0.541
3 months after surgery	82.3 (18.0)	65.6 (23.4)	0.006b
6 months after surgery	86.3 (20.4)	84.2 (22.5)	0.399
12 months after surgery	88.3 (14.3)	85.0 (23.0)	0.081
Social functioning			0.113
Preoperative	88.9 (21.8)	86.5 (18.3)	0.213
3 months after surgery	86.5 (20.3)	52.1 (22.0)	0.0001d
6 months after surgery	87.0 (21.0)	60.3 (19.0)	0.001c
12 months after surgery	86.5 (18.3)	83.3 (19.2)	0.321
Vitality			0.749
Preoperative	74.0 (18.5)	74.2 (19.9)	0.983
3 months after surgery	70.9 (14.3)	70.6 (23.2)	0.97
6 months after surgery	72.2 (14.1)	70.3 (15.5)	0.503
12 months after surgery	73.1 (13.8)	72.8 (16.8)	0.675
Mental health			0.553
Preoperative	75.6 (15.1)	78.0 (22.1)	0.631
3 months after surgery	84.5 (12.8)	81.2 (18.7)	0.724
6 months after surgery	84.2 (11.5)	82.6 (14.3)	0.621
12 months after surgery	81.6 (13.5)	82.2 (17.1)	0.827
Role physical			0.112
Preoperative	70.2 (32.1)	68.3 (32.4)	0.734
3 months after surgery	49.7 (33.2)	45.1 (39.2)	0.346
6 months after surgery	70.5 (28.6)	65.6 (32.1)	0.933
12 months after surgery	80.2 (32.4)	77.3 (29.4)	0.192
Role emotional			0.922
Preoperative	81.0 (32.5)	79.1 (29.1)	0.633
3 months after surgery	84.7 (32.4)	81.3 (28.1)	0.21
6 months after surgery	89.2 (24.3)	86.8 (29.1)	0.191
12 months after surgery	90.2 (22.1)	87.6 (28.4)	0.422
Bodily pain			0.315
Preoperative	52.1 (21.3)	55.2 (29.1)	0.937
3 months after surgery	59.3 (22.1)	65.4 (29.6)	0.432
6 months after surgery	63.2 (23.9)	65.1 (22.6)	0.341
12 months after surgery	66.2 (29.2)	62.0 (21.5)	0.653
General health			0.253
Preoperative	66.4 (22.7)	62.8 (19.3)	0.571
3 months after surgery	59.2 (23.1)	49.7 (22.9)	0.045a
6 months after surgery	70.2 (16.3)	67.6 (23.2)	0.31
12 months after surgery	68.7 (23.2)	69.2 (28.1)	0.449
PCS			0.812
Preoperative	71.0 (8.5)	69.1 (10.1)	0.423
3 months after surgery	54.7 (11.4)	43.3 (13.1)	0.021a
6 months after surgery	69.2 (7.3)	67.8 (9.7)	0.592
12 months after surgery	72.2 (12.1)	70.6 (12.4)	0.482
MCS			0.451
Preoperative	69.2 (11.2)	68.4 (8.2)	0.621
3 months after surgery	55.9 (12.8)	49.4 (10.6)	0.015a
6 months after surgery	65.2 (8.4)	61.3 (12.6)	0.414
12 months after surgery	71.2 (14.2)	69.0 (10.3)	0.543
SF-6D			0.513
Preoperative	0.851 (0.142)	0.812 (0.213)	0.571
3 months after surgery	0.732 (0.121)	0.617 (0.149)	0.045a
6 months after surgery	0.781 (0.213)	0.722 (0.192)	0.320
12 months after surgery	0.807 (0.192)	0.781 (0.122)	0.495

^aP ≤ 0.05;

^bP ≤ 0.01;

^cP ≤ 0.001;

^dP ≤ 0.0001.

PCS: Physical component summary; MCS: Mental component summary; SF-6D: Short-form 6 dimension; LR: Laparoscopic resection; OR: Open resection.