Table 3

- Correlation of the MA-II total, pre-operative, and post-operative scores with the SF36.

SF36	MA-II (total patients)	MA-II (postoperative patients)	MA-II (preoperative patients)
Vitality	0.65**	0.33	0.51
Mental health	0.57	0.47	0.49
Physical functioning	0.56	0.05^*	0.36
Role-physical	0.55	0.47	0.37
Role emotional	0.45	0.39	0.29^*
Bodily pain	0.49	0.36	0.35
Social functioning	0.54	0.38	0.49
General health	0.70**	0.32	0.61
PCS	0.66**	0.38	0.48
MCS	0.65**	0.53	0.54

↵*Poor correlation, **high correlation, MA-II: Moorehead-Ardelt Quality of Life Questionnaire II, SF36: 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey, PCS: physical component summary, MCS: mental component summary