Table 5.
Quality of life of participants at each follow-up as evaluated by SF-36 questionnaire.
| Results | Baseline Mean ± SD |
6 Weeks Mean ± SD |
12 Weeks Mean ± SD |
24 Weeks Mean ± SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical health | 37.14 ± 4.23 | 47.94 ± 14.77 # | 55.51 ± 13.78 # | 60.63 ± 14.64 # |
| Physical functioning | 46.86 ± 26.10 | 50.49 ± 26.91 | 63.98 ± 26.12 # | 72.93 ± 23.49 # |
| Role-physical | 5.27 ± 8.14 | 11.52 ± 10.71 # | 14.29 ± 10.67 # | 16.98 ± 9.65 # |
| Bodily pain | 46.96 ± 26.56 | 64.39 ± 20.34 # | 73.47 ± 18.29 # | 78.89 ± 19.95 # |
| General health | 49.45 ± 19.50 | 65.35 ± 17.69 # | 70.31 ± 16.84 # | 73.72 ± 17.99 # |
| Mental health | 47.44 ± 17.48 | 58.99 ± 14.12 # | 64.81 ± 12.83 # | 67.21 ± 13.63 # |
| Vitality | 66.79 ± 24.48 | 80.76 ± 21.24 | 87.88 ± 19.53 # | 91.44 ± 20.89 # |
| Social function | 56.62 ± 25.54 | 67.40 ± 20.78 | 75.00 ± 19.09 # | 80.16 ± 19.82 # |
| Role- emotional | 7.35 ± 9.67 | 15.03 ± 10.41 # | 17.01 ± 10.06 # | 18.12 ± 10.14 # |
| Mental health | 58.98 ± 21.99 | 72.78 ± 14.24 # | 79.35 ± 12.09 # | 79.13 ± 13.38 # |
# Denoted significantly different compared to the baseline values, p < 0.1.