Quality of Life and Associated Socio-Clinical Factors after Encephalitis in Children and Adults in England: A Population-Based, Prospective Cohort Study
Figure 2
Mean norm-based SF-36 scores for patients after encephalitis compared to the age-and sex-matched general UK population.
Scores have been transformed so that the general population scores a mean of 50, with a standard deviation of 10 in each domain; accordingly any score less than 50 is worse than that for the general population. Comparison is made between different aetiological categories and with a survey conducted by the Encephalitis Society in the UK of their adult members with previous self-reported encephalitis [15]. The vertical error whiskers represent the standard deviation for the overall scores for each domain. PF = Physical functioning, RP = role limitation caused by physical dysfunction, BP = bodily pain, GH = general health perceptions, VT = vitality, SF = social functioning, RE = role limitations caused by emotional difficulties, MH = mental health perceptions.