Table 2.
Quality of Life Effect Size.
Study | N Intervention Group | N Control Group | N Total | Effect Sizes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Treatment - Control Analysisa | Pre-Post Analysisa | ||||
Group-format Interventions | |||||
Cadmus, 2009 (YES) | 37 | 37 | 74 | 0.39 | 0.07 |
Campbell et al., 2005 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 2.37 | 0.74 |
Herrero et al., 2006 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 1.71 | – |
Kolden et al., 2002 | 40 | n/a | 40 | – | 0.36 |
Mutrie et al., 2007 | 82 | 92 | 174 | 0.24 | 0.27 |
Ohira et al., 2006 | 39 | 40 | 79 | 0.35 | 0.26 |
Pinto et al., 2003 | 12 | 6 | 18 | 0.6 | 0.36 |
Sandel et al., 2005 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 0.53 | 0.9 |
Schulz et al., 1998 | 28 | n/a | 28 | – | 0.61 |
Segal, et al., 2001 | 32 | 34 | 66 | 0 | 0 |
Turner et al., 2004 | 10 | n/a | 10 | – | 0.51 |
Individual-format Interventions | |||||
Cadmus, 2009 (IMPACT) | 25 | 25 | 50 | 0.09 | 0.23 |
Courneya et al., 2003 | 24 | 26 | 52 | 1.7 | 0.49 |
Hughes et al., 2008 | 25 | n/a | 25 | – | 0.32 |
Kramer, 1996 | 13 | n/a | 13 | – | 1.02 |
McKenzie & Kalda, 2003 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | – |
Pinto et al., 2005 | 39 | 43 | 82 | 0.33 | 0.15 |
Schwartz, 1999 | 27 | n/a | 27 | – | -0.43 |
Total/ Mean | 477 | 343 | 822 | 0.56 95% CI (.25, .87) | 0.31 95% CI (.19, .43) |
adjusted for small sample bias.