Table 3.
The outcome comparisons at different time point
| Mean (SD) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Quality of life subscales | Experimental group | Control group | P value |
| Bodily pain (BP) | < 0.01 | ||
| At 1st month | 67.70 (26.66) | 59.32 (25.86) | |
| At 3rd month | 76.39 (22.91) | 65.43 (25.88) | |
| At 6th month | 76.99 (23.44) | 68.73 (27.78) | |
| At 1st year | 81.20 (22.73) | 70.93 (26.94) | |
| General health perceptions (GH) | 0.25 | ||
| At 1st month | 48.21 (24.38) | 50.22 (25.33) | |
| At 3rd month | 52.74 (24.29) | 46.01 (24.53) | |
| At 6th month | 50.91 (25.05) | 44.36 (24.06) | |
| At 1st year | 48.03 (26.81) | 44.15 (22.82) | |
| Vitality (energy/fatigue) (VT) | < 0.001 | ||
| At 1st month | 57.91 (24.50) | 50.89 (23.45) | |
| At 3rd month | 63.87 (19.91) | 51.93 (18.54) | |
| At 6th month | 64.37 (20.18) | 54.71 (17.57) | |
| At 1st year | 60.86 (19.18) | 51.32 (17.53) | |
| Social functioning (SF) | 0.09 | ||
| At 1st month | 51.30 (28.74) | 48.87 (30.34) | |
| At 3rd month | 66.36 (27.62) | 57.01 (26.93) | |
| At 6th month | 72.41 (28.42) | 65.70 (28.56) | |
| At 1st year | 72.57 (28.17) | 67.44 (27.87) | |
| Role limitations due to emotional problems (RE) | 0.39 | ||
| At 1st month | 72.34 (39.89) | 71.07 (40.76) | |
| At 3rd month | 84.31 (33.36) | 84.76 (29.40) | |
| At 6th month | 86.81 (28.83) | 82.05 (33.76) | |
| At 1st year | 92.89 (19.98) | 87.36 (28.35) | |
| General mental health (MH) | < 0.01 | ||
| At 1st month | 61.44 (24.85) | 54.06 (21.39) | |
| At 3rd month | 64.05 (21.25) | 56.75 (20.55) | |
| At 6th month | 67.86 (20.28) | 58.32 (20.09) | |
| At 1st year | 64.52 (19.03) | 55.81 (18.70) | |
| Physical functioning (PF) | < 0.001 | ||
| At 1st month | 26.13 (22.42) | 19.80 (21.32) | |
| At 3rd month | 49.12 (29.57) | 29.12 (24.56) | |
| At 6th month | 60.30 (28.02) | 35.00 (24.58) | |
| At 1st year | 62.19 (28.08) | 43.50 (28.47) | |
| Role limitations due to physical health problems (RP) | < 0.001 | ||
| At 1st month | 36.76 (38.68) | 22.13 (38.12) | |
| At 3rd month | 54.62 (40.58) | 30.38 (36.28) | |
| At 6th month | 69.59 (37.33) | 45.76 (40.78) | |
| At 1st year | 82.96 (28.96) | 54.23 (40.04) | |
P values were obtained from GEE models, after controlling for time.