Comparison of pre- and post-vertebroplasty treatment in 10 SF-36 health scale scores at 1-month and 6-month follow-up with quantitative values for changes in scores and P values

Scale	Pretreatment			1 Month			PT–1-Month Change			6 Months			PT–6-Month Change			P Value
Scale	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD	N	Mean	SD
PF	105	25.43	23.14	86	39.77	26.73	77	10.39	22.00	65	43.38	32.14	55	13.00	25.43	0.0004
RP	104	9.13	21.77	86	34.30	36.99	77	22.73	36.54	65	35.38	36.95	55	22.27	30.68	<0.0001
BP	103	15.82	14.81	83	43.87	21.72	73	25.97	23.94	58	41.14	20.88	50	23.58	21.71	<0.0001
GH	103	55.67	24.19	87	54.71	24.23	77	−4.10	21.79	64	52.08	25.03	55	−4.58	25.42	0.1869
VT	105	23.95	19.12	87	43.91	22.14	78	16.92	21.49	65	44.31	22.84	55	18.09	20.58	<0.0001
SF	104	33.05	27.48	87	61.06	29.74	78	23.72	33.93	63	61.11	32.31	55	19.32	35.09	<0.0001
RE	104	39.42	44.25	86	70.54	40.07	77	29.00	52.80	65	65.64	41.65	55	13.94	59.04	0.0856
MH	105	60.38	21.94	87	73.66	20.00	78	12.31	19.08	65	72.43	18.98	55	8.44	23.17	0.0092
PCS	102	28.16	7.06	82	32.99	8.82	71	3.36	8.02	57	33.72	11.87	50	5.50	10.44	0.0005
MCS	102	40.77	12.72	82	50.28	10.76	71	9.14	12.82	57	48.81	11.18	50	5.40	15.16	0.0151

Note.—PF indicates physical functioning; RP, role physical; BP, bodily pain; GH, general health; VT, vitality; SF, social functioning; RE, role emotional; MH, mental health; PCS, physical summary score; MCS, mental summary score.