Health-related quality of life, self-reported impairments and activities of daily living in relation to muscle function in post-polio syndrome

Journal of Patient-Reported Outcomes

Table 2 Comparison of HRQOL scores among participants with PPS and healthy general population from normative data

	Participants with PPS n = 27	General population n = 2073	Difference (95% CI)	t	p
WHOQOL-BREF
Physical health	72.09 (±14.99)	76.92 (±17.68)	−4.83 (− 10.76, 1.10)	− 1.67	0.11
Psychological health	76.85 (±16.11)	74.02 (±15.68)	2.83 (−3.54, 9.20)	0.91	0.37
Social relationships	78.70 (±13.54)	71.83 (±18.52)	6.87 (1.52, 12.23)	2.64	0.01*
Environmental health	84.14 (±10.79)	70.38 (±14.17)	13.76 (9.50, 18.03)	6.63	< 0.01*

Note: WHOQOL-BREF: A higher score indicates better health-related quality of life. p significant values in bold. *p ≤ 0.01 or above