Table 3.
Quality of Life
| Exercise | Control | P-Value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Final | Baseline | Final | ||
| MLHF | |||||
| Emotional | 5 ± 4 | 3 ± 5 | 3 ± 5 | 4 ± 5 | 0.35 |
| Physical | 16 ± 10 | 11 ± 11 | 12 ± 11 | 12 ± 9 | 0.03 |
| Total | 32 ± 20 | 25 ± 24 | 25 ± 22 | 27 ± 19 | 0.11 |
| SF-36 | |||||
| Physical | 50 ± 20 | 54 ± 19 | 48 ± 23 | 46 ± 21 | 0.53 |
| General Health | 42 ± 16 | 41 ± 14 | 46 ± 17 | 51 ± 14 | 0.47 |
| Social Role | 40 ± 14 | 41 ± 13 | 44 ± 14 | 43 ± 14 | 0.74 |
| Role-Physical | 35 ± 34 | 52 ± 35 | 38 ± 34 | 47 ± 35 | 0.30 |
| Role-Emotional | 60 ± 38 | 67 ± 40 | 55 ± 39 | 63 ± 42 | 0.95 |
| Pain | 46 ± 18 | 51 ± 19 | 40 ± 19 | 42 ± 21 | 0.50 |
| Mental | 58 ± 10 | 57 ± 10 | 55 ± 12 | 53 ± 10 | 0.76 |
| Vitality | 42 ± 12 | 48 ± 12 | 45 ± 14 | 40 ± 13 | 0.20 |
| CES-D Short Form | |||||
| Total | 2.5 ± 2.2 | 1.2 ± 1.5 | 2.2 ± 2.0 | 1.4 ± 1.5 | 0.30 |
Data represent means ± SD; p-value represents comparison of least square means at final visit following adjustment for baseline values. Abbreviation: MLHF: Minnesota Living With Heart Failure; SF-36: Medical Outcomes Study Short-Form 36 Item Health Survey; CES-D: Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression survey (CES-D)