Table 2: The RAND-36 scoring of the study population and the Finnish reference values.

Domain

 

All

General population

Physical

functioning

All patients

65.7 (23.2)

84.9 (20.1)

< 65 y

76.9 (12.6)

90.3 (16.3)

> 65 y

54.9 (26.1)

60.6 (26.7)

Role functioning

physical

All patients

66.0 (37.4)

74.8 (35.5)

< 65 y

75.8 (33.9)

80.9 (32.6)

> 65 y

56.3 (53.6)

47.0 (41.8)

Role functioning

emotional

All patients

71.4 (39.8)

75.0 (36.4)

< 65 y

68.8 (43.1)

78.4 (34.6)

> 65 y

74.0 (38.8)

58.8 (40.3)

Energy/fatigue

All patients

62.4 (18.1)

64.0 (22.4)

< 65 y

59.4 (23.3)

64.7 (21.7)

> 65 y

65.3 (21.8)

60.7 (23.8)

Emotional well-

being

All patients

73.4 (18.2)

73.7 (19.7)

< 65 y

70.1 (20.3)

73.8 (19.1)

> 65 y

76.5 (15.5)

74.8 (20.9)

Social

functioning

All patients

77.1 (24.6)

82.1 (23.2)

< 65 y

73.8 (20.3)

82.9 (22.3)

> 65 y

80.5 (20.8)

77.3 (25.5)

Pain

All patients

71.0 (26.2)

76.2 (24.0)

< 65 y

71.8 (27.4)

78.4 (23.1)

> 65 y

70.3 (23.4)

64.2 (26.5)

General health

All patients

54.2 (25.0)

65.0 (19.8)

< 65 y

58.4 (29.5)

68.0 (19.7)

> 65 y

50.3 (19.5)

49.0 (20.2)