Table 3 Within-group comparison: Quality-of-Life Scores of 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
|  | T0–T1 | T0–T2 | T1–T2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PFA (n = 25) | SMD | P value | SMD | P value | SMD | P value |
Physical health | ||||||
 PF | − 2 | 0.274 | − 14.60 | 0.000 | − 12.60 | 0.000 |
 RP | − 4 | 0.650 | − 34 | 0.000 | − 30.00 | 0.000 |
 BP | 2.40 | 0.520 | 0.08 | 1.000 | − 2.32 | 0.188 |
 GH | − 3.52 | 0.769 | − 27.68 | 0.000 | − 24.16 | 0.000 |
 VT | − 4 | 0.057 | − 35.40 | 0.000 | − 31.40 | 0.000 |
Mental health | ||||||
 SF | − 1.02 | 1.000 | − 3.35 | 0.659 | − 2.33 | 0.783 |
 RE | − 7.99 | 0.053 | − 26.66 | 0.000 | − 18.66 | 0.000 |
 MH | − 2.40 | 0.281 | − 12.64 | 0.000 | − 10.24 | 0.001 |
RFCA (n = 24) | ||||||
Physical health | ||||||
 PF | 0.83 | 1.000 | − 15.42 | 0.000 | − 16.25 | 0.000 |
 RP | − 2.08 | 1.000 | − 33.33 | 0.000 | − 31.25 | 0.000 |
 BP | 0.08 | 1.000 | − 0.33 | 1.000 | − 0.42 | 1.000 |
 GH | 5.96 | 0.188 | − 32.50 | 0.000 | − 38.46 | 0.000 |
 VT | 3.13 | 0.208 | − 18.96 | 0.000 | − 22.08 | 0.000 |
Mental health | ||||||
 SF | − 1.04 | 1.000 | − 3.13 | 0.784 | − 2.08 | 0.973 |
 RE | − 4.16 | 0.647 | − 22.21 | 0.000 | − 18.05 | 0.000 |
 MH | 0.50 | 1.000 | − 11.17 | 0.001 | − 11.67 | 0.000 |