Table 3.
Number (%) of patients in each intervention group with clinical improvement, clinical decline or no clinical change at post-intervention (T2) based on the calculated RCI
| QOLT |
ST |
SC |
|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measure | Improved | Declined | No change | Improved | Declined | No change | Improved | Declined | No change |
| QOLI | 14 (64%)a | 2 (9%) | 6 (27%) | 0 (0%)b | 4 (20%) | 16 (80%) | 2 (10%)b | 2 (10%) | 16 (80%) |
| SF-36 PCS | 1 (5%) | 2 (9%) | 19 (86%) | 5 (25%) | 5 (25%) | 10 (50%) | 2 (10%) | 2 (10%) | 16 (80%) |
| SF-36 MCS | 8 (36%)a | 1 (5%) | 13 (59%) | 3 (15%)b | 5 (25%) | 12 (60%) | 2 (10%)b | 3 (15%) | 15 (75%) |
| POMS | 10 (46%)a | 2 (9%) | 10 (46%) | 6 (30%)a | 1 (5%) | 13 (65%) | 2 (10%)b | 3 (15%) | 15 (75%) |
| HSCL | 11 (50%)a | 2 (9%) | 9 (41%) | 9 (45%)a | 1 (5%) | 10 (50%) | 1 (5%)b | 1 (5%) | 18 (90%) |
| HRQoL mentally unhealthy days | 6 (27%)a | 0 (0%) | 16 (73%) | 4 (20%) | 3 (15%) | 13 (65%) | 2 (10%)b | 6 (30%) | 12 (60%) |
| MSIS | 6 (40%)a | 0 (0%) | 9 (60%) | 3 (23%) | 2 (15%) | 8 (62%) | 1 (9%)b | 2 (18%) | 8 (73%) |
Different superscripts between columns labelled ‘Improved’ represent statistically significant differences between the treatment conditions (P < 0.05).
QOLI, Quality of Life Inventory total T score; SF-36 PCS, SF-36 Health Survey Physical Component Summary; SF-36 MCS, SF-36 Health Survey Mental Component Summary; POMS, Profile of Mood States total mood disturbance score; HSCL, Hopkins Symptom Checklist total score; MSIS, Miller Social Intimacy Scale total score.