Comparison of safety, efficacy, and long-term follow-up between “one-step” and “step-up” approaches for infected pancreatic necrosis

Table 6 Quality of life rating scale during the follow-up period every 6 mo after treatment of surviving acute pancreatitis patients with the “One-step” approach or “Step-up” approach

Groups	“One-step” approach (n = 40)	“Step-up” approach (n = 63)	P value
Rating scale
SF-36 physical health score1	40 ± 9	41 ± 7	0.61
SF-36 mental health score1	47 ± 13	49 ± 13	0.58
EQ-5D health status score2	75 ± 20	76 ± 18	0.76
Izbicki pain score3	23 ± 26	21 ± 24	0.87

¹SF-36, Short Form-36. The SF-36 physical and mental health scores range from 0 to 100. The higher the score, the better the quality of life.

²EQ-5D, EuroQol 5 dimensions. The scores also range from 0 to 100, and the higher the score, the better the health.

³The higher the Izbicki pain score, the more severe the discomfort. The Izbicki pain score scale includes four parts (ranging from 0 to 100 per part), the sum of the values of the four parts are divided by 4.