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Table 1 SF12 scores compared to Australian norms for males and all persons

From: Informing the development of an online self-management program for men living with HIV: a needs assessment

SF-12 health domain

Std. error

Participant mean scores

Std. error

Participant mean norm based score

Australian norms for males P-value a

Australian norms for all persons P-value a

Physical Functioning (PF)

3.77

76.05

1.29

48.24

0.034*

0.87

Role Physical (RF)

3.58

72.61

1.32

47.08

0.022*

0.46*

Bodily Pain (BP)

3.66

76.81

1.49

47.99

0.75

0.997

General Health (GH)

3.56

65.55

1.53

47.14

0.111

0.094

Vitality (V)

3.13

54.22

1.26

49.45

0.001***

0.002***

Social Functioning (SF)

3.99

64.79

1.61

42.35

0.001***

0.001***

Role Emotional (RE)

3.33

71.14

1.49

43.17

0.001***

0.001***

Mental Health (MH)

2.47

61.79

1.20

45.19

0.001***

0.001***

Physical Component Summary (PCS)

1.49

49.52

1.49

49.52

0.700

0.854

Mental Component Summary (MCS)

1.43

44.00

1.44

44.00

0.001***

0.001***

  1. Higher scores signify better health. a = One-sample T-Test. *p < 0.05. ***p < 0.001.