Impact of Pulsed Radiotherapy on Pain and Quality of Life in Elderly Postherpetic Neuralgia Patients

31 August 2025 : Clinical Research

Li dan Yang^{BCDE 1}, Wei Li^{A 1*}, Yue Luo^{AF 1}, Wanyu Ding^{B 1}, Xianzheng Zeng^{AB 2}

DOI: 10.12659/MSM.946815

Med Sci Monit 2025; 31:e946815

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Table 4 Comparison of SF-36 scores on each dimension between the 2 groups.

Norm	Intervention time	Control group (n=37)	Observation group (n=37)	t	P
Role-physical	Before intervention	45.35±1.69	45.24±1.52	0.326	0.745
Role-physical	After intervention	61.49±2.05^a	71.46±3.38^a	15.561	0.001
Physiological functions	Before intervention	51.89±2.88	51.81±2.80	0.045	0.965
Physiological functions	After intervention	61.78±2.31^a	69.49±2.69^a	13.359	0.001
Bodily pain	Before intervention	56.78±1.81	56.35±1.77	0.990	0.325
Bodily pain	After intervention	65.38±3.03^a	71.65±3.45^a	8.403	0.001
General health	Before intervention	50.59±2.05	50.49±2.10	0.308	0.759
General health	After intervention	61.43±3.33^a	68.46±4.13^a	8.115	0.001
Energy	Before intervention	51.43±2.32	51.32±2.26	0.156	0.876
Energy	After intervention	66.32±4.06^a	72.92±4.65^a	6.411	0.001
Social function	Before intervention	54.84±1.89	54.73±1.94	0.270	0.788
Social function	After intervention	63.89±3.83^a	71.19±4.07^a	8.033	0.001
Emotional function	Before intervention	51.38±1.95	51.05±1.73	0.551	0.584
Emotional function	After intervention	66.86±4.04^a	72.43±4.32^a	5.775	0.001
Mental health	Before intervention	52.32±2.03	52.16±1.95	0.489	0.627
Mental health	After intervention	60.24±2.74^a	68.35±3.14^a	11.995	0.001
Comparison with before the intervention, ^a ^b

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