Table 5 Differences in Health-Related Quality of Life at 6 months of follow-up

MLHFQ [95CI]

24.58 [19.30–29.86]

14.53 [9.04–20.02]

−9.65 [4.03;15.27]

<  0.001

20.20 [14.48–25.92]

15.80 [7.18–24.42]

−4.40 [−3.08;11.88]

0.04

28.96 [19.97–37.95]

13.21 [5.86–20.56]

−15.13 [6.73;23.52]

< 0.001

EQ5D VAS

[95CI]

64.83

[56.74;70.14]

66.74

[60.46;73.01]

1.91

[−10.41;4.37]

0.42

64.00

[55.77;72.23]

72.71

[65.58;79.83]

8.71

[−16.79;0.54]

0.07

64.88

[51.69;74.07]

59.79

[49.44;70.14]

5.09

[−8.97;19.13]

0.46

EQ5D utilities

[95CI]

0.78

[0.72;0.85]

0.79

[0.71;0.86]

0.01

[−0.08;0.12]

0.71

0.81

[0.74;0.87]

0.81

[0.69;0.93]

0.00

[−0.14;0.12]

0.92

0.76

[0.64;0.88]

0.76

[0.65;0.87]

0.00

[−0.07;0.13]

0.50