36-item short form health survey questionnaire (RAND-36) for health-related quality of life
| Baseline | Change from baseline to months 24 | P values between groups | ||||
| Non-surgical Mean (SD) | Surgical Mean (SD) | Non-surgical Mean (95% CI) | Surgical Mean (95% CI) | Crude | Adjusted* | |
| Rotator cuff disease (all) n=190 | ||||||
| Physical function | 72 (19) | 75 (16) | 5 (2 to 9) | 5 (2 to 8) | 0.78 | 0.65 |
| General health | 59 (17) | 62 (19) | 3 (-1 to 6) | 1 (-2 to 4) | 0.48 | 0.42 |
| Vitality | 62 (21) | 63 (21) | 6 (2 to 9) | 7 (3 to 10) | 0.73 | 0.89 |
| Mental health | 74 (18) | 76 (18) | 4 (1 to 7) | 5 (2 to 7) | 0.37 | 0.61 |
| Role physical | 38 (40) | 44 (39) | 22 (13 to 32) | 23 (14 to 32) | 0.98 | 0.99 |
| Emotional role | 73 (39) | 71 (41) | 2 (-7 to 10) | 9 (2 to 17) | 0.18 | 0.16 |
| Social function | 74 (22) | 80 (23) | 8 (3 to 12) | 5 (1 to 9) | 0.41 | 0.17 |
| Bodily pain | 44 (19) | 43 (19) | 15 (10 to 21) | 21 (16 to 26) | 0.11 | 0.15 |
| Non-full-thickness rupture n=92 | ||||||
| Physical function | 70 (23) | 74 (18) | 10 (4 to 16) | 3 (-3 to 8) | 0.065 | 0.063 |
| General health | 57 (19) | 59 (19) | 4 (-1 to 9) | 1 (-3 to 6) | 0.47 | 0.32 |
| Vitality | 59 (22) | 58 (21) | 8 (2 to 14) | 10 (4 to 15) | 0.65 | 0.92 |
| Mental health | 73 (18) | 75 (18) | 4 (-1 to 9) | 6 (2 to 10) | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| Role physical | 39 (43) | 43 (38) | 30 (15 to 45) | 21 (9 to 34) | 0.39 | 0.43 |
| Emotional role | 70 (43) | 65 (43) | 12 (-1 to 25) | 17 (6 to 28) | 0.54 | 0.51 |
| Social function | 76 (23) | 80 (21) | 8 (0 to 15) | 6 (0 to 12) | 0.75 | 0.42 |
| Bodily pain | 41 (20) | 41 (20) | 22 (13 to 30) | 20 (12 to 27) | 0.72 | 0.46 |
| Full-thickness rupture n=98 | ||||||
| Physical function | 74 (16) | 76 (14) | 2 (-2 to 6) | 7 (3 to 11) | 0.078 | 0.096 |
| General health | 60 (16) | 64 (19) | 2 (-2 to 6) | 1 (-3 to 5) | 0.77 | 0.91 |
| Vitality | 63 (20) | 67 (20) | 4 (0 to 8) | 4 (0 to 8) | 0.82 | 0.73 |
| Mental health | 75 (18) | 78 (18) | 4 (0 to 8) | 4 (0 to 8) | 0.98 | 0.82 |
| Role physical | 38 (38) | 44 (39) | 17 (3 to 30) | 24 (11 to 37) | 0.43 | 0.44 |
| Emotional role | 75 (34) | 77 (38) | −6 (-17 to 5) | 2 (-9 to 12) | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| Social function | 73 (22) | 81 (25) | 8 (2 to 14) | 4 (-2 to 10) | 0.39 | 0.26 |
| Bodily pain | 47 (17) | 44 (18) | 10 (3 to 17) | 23 (16 to 30) | 0.011 | 0.006 |
*Adjusted for baseline values.