Changes in the quality of life of people with thalassemia major between 2001 and 2009.

An improvement that did not reach statistical significance was observed for the bodily pain scale (Z score mean difference +3.4; 95% CI −1.1 to 7.9; P = 0.132), and for three scales related to mental health, ie, the vitality scale (mean difference in Z score +1.6; 95% CI −1.3 to 4.6; P = 0.275), social functioning scale (mean difference in Z score +2.0; 95% CI −1.7 to 5.6; P = 0.277) and role-emotional scale (mean difference in Z score +1.5; 95% CI −2.0 to 5.1; P = 0.395, Figure 2 ).

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