Table 3 Distribution of selected SF-36 combined measures by group and time period.
| Â | Â | Baseline | Study End (3 months) | % change | Unpaired ttest (df = 67) | Paired ttest (df = 22) | Paired ttest (df = 45) | Unpaired ttest (df = 67) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Item No. | Description | Control (n = 23) | Intervention (n = 46) | Control (n = 23) | Intervention (n = 46) | Control | Intervention | Baseline comparison | Control change | Intervention change | 3 month comparison |
| Â | Â | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | mean (SD) | Â | Â | t statistic | t statistic | t statistic | t statistic |
GH | General Health | 65.5 (22.4) | 67.8 (20.5) | 70.3 (22.0) | 73.8 (17.0) | 7.4 | 8.7 | -0.44 | -1.57 | -2.33 | -0.25 |
V | Vitality | 43.2 (23.5) | 48.4 (20.4) | 50.5 (19.0) | 62.1 (17.1) | 17.0 | 28.4 | -0.94 | -1.95 | -4.44** | -1.25 |
SF | Social Functioning | 63.6 (27.7) | 75.0 (25.4) | 81.0 (19.5) | 85.6 (17.7) | 27.4 | 14.1 | -1.71 | -3.35* | -3.09 | 1.11 |
RE | Role Emotional | 77.5 (29.1) | 80.8 (23.8) | 80.4 (27.9) | 86.1 (19.5) | 3.7 | 6.5 | -0.50 | -0.56 | -1.53 | -0.39 |
MH | Mental Health | 62.8 (22.2) | 64.3 (20.5) | 67.8 (16.8) | 73.3 (15.8) | 8.0 | 13.9 | -0.28 | -1.78 | -3.42* | -0.93 |