Table 2.
Mean (SD) of groups, mean (SD) difference within groups, and mean (95% CI) difference between groups.
| Outcome | Groups | Difference within groups | P value within groups | Difference between groups | P value | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week 0 | Week 8 | Week 8 minus Week 0 | Week 8 minus Week 0 | Week 8 minus Week 0 | Between groups | |||||
| PRT(n = 30) | AT(n = 30) | PRT(n = 30) | AT(n = 30) | PRT | AT | PRT | AT | PRT minus AT | ||
| Physical functioning | 66.6(24.9) | 73.7(18.6) | 75.7(19.9) | 78.0(20.8) | 9.0(22.6) | 4.3(15.4) | 0.037 | 0.134 | 4.7(-5.3 to 14.7) | 0.354 |
| Role-Physical | 70.8 (40.5) | 72.5 (38.5) | 78.3 (35.8) | 81.7 (33.4) | 7.5 (27.2) |
9.2 (25.0) |
0.142 | 0.054 | -1.7 (-15.2 to 11.8) | 0.806 |
| Bodily pain | 72.9(21.7) | 67.0(24.0) | 76.7(20.4) | 73.3(24.2) | 3.9(20.4) | 6.2(18.9) | 0.307 | 0.082 | -2.4(-12.5 to 7.8) | 0.643 |
| General Health | 54.5(17.0) | 52.7(19.1) | 66.7(15.7) | 66.0(20.8) | 12.2(11.5) | 13.3(19.6) | 0.000 | 0.001 | -1.1(-9.5 to 7.3) | 0.792 |
| Vitality | 55.3(21.7) | 57.7(16.6) | 65.8(14.7) | 67.7(15.0) | 10.5(18.2) | 10.0(13.1) | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.5(-7.7 to 8.7) | 0.903 |
| Social functioning | 84.2(22.7) | 83.8(16.8) | 88.3(16.4) | 87.5(13.9) | 4.2(23.1) | 3.8(11.9) | 0.330 | 0.095 | 0.4(-9.1 to 10.0) | 0.930 |
| Role-Emotional | 84.4 (30.0) | 87.8 (27.0) | 93.3 (18.4) | 90.0 (25.0) | 8.9 (24.7) | 2.2 (23.0) | 0.058 | 0.601 | 6.7 (-5.7 to 19.0) | 0.284 |
| Mental health | 77.3 (14.3) | 79.5 (13.3) | 82.7 (12.9) | 82.5 (11.9) | 5.3 (12.3) | 3.1 (10.2) | 0.024 | 0.109 | 2.3 (-3.6 to 8.1) | 0.439 |
| Physical component summary score | 49.6 (1.3) | 49.5 (1.4) | 49.3 (1.4) | 49.4 (1.2) | -0.3 (1.1) | -0.2 (1.0) | 0.184 | 0.380 | -0.1 (-0.6 to 0.4) | 0.730 |
| Mental component summary score | 50.5 (3.8) | 51.0 (3.5) | 52.3 (3.2) | 52.3 (3.2) | 1.9 (3.4) | 1.3 (2.7) | 0.006 | 0.013 | 0.5 (-1.1 to 2.1) | 0.512 |