Table 4.
Health-Related Quality of Life SF-36v1Post-Intervention Adjusted Means for Subscales and Summary Scores1
HEC (n=25) Madj (SE) |
TCC (n=29) Madj (SE) |
p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
Physical Functioning | 65.8 (2.59) | 63.5 (2.41) | 0.51 |
Role-Physical | 60.6 (7.24) | 50.4 (6.72) | 0.30 |
Bodily Pain | 59.5 (4.11) | 60.8 (3.81) | 0.81 |
General Health | 63.8 (2.87) | 61.7 (2.67) | 0.58 |
Vitality | 48.2 (3.60) | 51.1 (3.34) | 0.55 |
Social Functioning | 79.9 (3.75) | 75.9 (3.48) | 0.43 |
Role-Emotional | 76.0 (6.40) | 78.1 (5.95) | 0.81 |
Mental Health | 77.8 (2.28) | 77.2 (2.12) | 0.84 |
MCS | 51.0 (1.68) | 51.7 (1.56) | 0.76 |
PCS | 43.2 (1.51) | 41.3 (1.40) | 0.36 |
Note. Means are adjusted for baseline values in the ANCOVA analysis. Higher scores indicate better functioning. Data include participants who completed the post-intervention survey. TCC=Tai Chi Chi, HEC=Health Education, MCS=Mental Component Summary scale, PCS=Physical Component Summary.