Background
Methods
Participants
Case definition and Candida identification
SF-36 questionnaire
Statistical analysis
Results
The characteristics of the patients with RVVC and controls
Health-related quality of life in patients with RVVC
SF-36 scales | RVVC group (n = 102) | Control group (n = 101) | ||||
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Mean | SD | Mean | SD | t |
P value | |
PF | 85.20 | 16.99 | 90.20 | 12.12 | 2.401 | 0.017 |
RP | 61.39 | 36.66 | 80.87 | 31.25 | 4.038 | 0.000 |
BP | 77.79 | 18.33 | 87.08 | 15.01 | 3.946 | 0.000 |
GH | 54.95 | 18.66 | 67.38 | 16.48 | 5.026 | 0.000 |
VT | 53.17 | 14.89 | 59.69 | 14.58 | 3.121 | 0.002 |
SF | 67.89 | 17.89 | 79.86 | 15.92 | 5.030 | 0.000 |
RE | 52.48 | 40.37 | 68.01 | 40.10 | 2.730 | 0.007 |
MH | 59.17 | 15.74 | 65.38 | 15.57 | 2.801 | 0.006 |
PCS | 63.05 | 20.28 | 75.01 | 18.78 | 4.382 | 0.000 |
MCS | 64.87 | 13.92 | 74.87 | 12.22 | 5.378 | 0.000 |
SF 36 scale and characteristics of RVVC | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
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1. PCS# | 1 | |||||||
2. MCS# | 0.736** | 1 | ||||||
3. Ages of patients# | 0.045 | 0.075 | 1 | |||||
4. VVC score# | −0.056 | 0.010 | 0.089 | 1 | ||||
5. Itching § | 0.028 | 0.017 | 0.183 | 0.507** | 1 | |||
6. Burning § | 0.087 | 0.086 | 0.134 | 0.510** | 0.026 | 1 | ||
7. Erythema § | −0.035 | 0.002 | 0.052 | 0.532** | −0.013 | 0.192 | 1 | |
8. Vaginal discharge § | −0.076 | 0.012 | −0.174 | 0.767** | 0.090 | 0.218* | 0.386** | 1 |
SF-36 scales | VVC score | Candida species | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
~6 | >6 |
C. albicans
|
Non albicans
| |
n
| 87 | 15 | 86 | 16 |
PCS, Mean (SD) | 63.4254 (20.49504) | 58.2576 (20.03453) | 64.5119 (14.02028) | 66.6544 (13.74386) |
t | 0.789 | 0.474 | ||
P value | 0.432 | 0.639 | ||
MCS, Mean (SD) | 65.1078 (13.59153) | 62.3636 (17.07332) | 62.4548 (21.12199) | 64.5588 (15.60170) |
t | 0.613 | 0.576 | ||
P value | 0.541 | 0.566 |
Population | PCS | MCS | References | |
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Adults of the Chinese general population | Normal weight | 77.5 | 73.4 | Zhu, 2015 [25] |
Underweight | 75.4 | 71.8 | ||
Overweight | 78.0 | 73.9 | ||
Class I obese | 78.4 | 75.1 | ||
Class II obese | 76.8 | 75.0 | ||
Overweight older adults, Stockholm County | Swedish physical activity intervention baseline | 80 | 84 | Olsson, 2015 [22] |
Swedish physical activity controls baseline | 83 | 89 | ||
Female rural-to-urban migrants, Chinese female | 76.79 | 68.59 | Wang, 2015 [24] | |
Patients with benign breast lumps, Chinese | 75.42 | 68.70 | Lou, 2015 [20] | |
Knee osteoarthritis patient, Chinese | 70.37 | 80.94 | Pang, 2015 [23] | |
Type 2 diabetes, Chinese | 67.4 | 64.9 | Hu, 2015 [16] | |
Caregiver spouses of veterans with bilateral lower extremity amputations | Study group | 70 | 64 | Moradi, 2015 [21] |
Controls: general population | 73 | 66 | ||
Patients at Risk for CVD in Uruguay, female | 64.4 | 64.8 | Clennin, 2015 [15] | |
College teachers, female | 71.35 | 65.63 | Liu, 2015 [18] | |
Chinese psychiatrists | 79.78 | 71.50 | Liu, 2015 [19] | |
Pre-diabetes patients, | Normal weight | 88.01 | 85.52 | Ibrahim, 2014 [17] |
Overweight | 86.78 | 85.55 | ||
Obese | 78.59 | 83.06 | ||
Total | 81.83 | 83.85 | ||
Patients with RVVC and controls | Controls: general population | 75.01 | 74.87 | This study |
RVVC | 63.05 | 64.87 |