Table 4.
Significant baseline predictor variables of 6 month health-related quality of life (HRQoL) from multivariate model (N=294)
| |
Physical HRQoL |
Mental HRQoL |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Characteristic |
Mean difference |
p |
Mean difference |
p |
| (95% CI) | (95% CI) | |||
| Age |
|
|
|
|
| Age ≤60 |
|
|
|
|
| Age >60 |
-4.9 (-7.6, -2.2) |
<0.001 |
2.8 (0.7, 4.9) |
0.01 |
| Employed |
|
|
|
|
| Unemployed/Retired |
|
|
|
|
| Employed |
3.3 (0.2, 6.4) |
0.03 |
- |
- |
| Baseline Physical HRQoL |
0.4 (0.2, 0.5) |
<0.001 |
- |
- |
| Baseline Mental HRQoL |
0.2 (0.1, 0.3) |
<0.001 |
0.3 (0.2, 0.4) |
<0.001 |
| Physical activity self-efficacy |
1.4 (0.7, 2.1) |
<0.001 |
- |
- |
| Intention to be physically active |
|
|
|
|
| No intention to be physically active in next 6 mths |
|
|
|
|
| Intend to be physically active in next 6 mths |
9.4 (4.8, 14.1) |
<0.001 |
- |
- |
| Television viewing |
-0.2 (-0.3, -0.1) |
0.001 |
-0.1 (-0.2, -0.0) |
0.01 |
| Depressed (range 0–21) |
|
|
|
|
| No (0–7) |
|
|
|
|
| Yes (8–21) |
- |
- |
-7.4 (-10.6, -4.1) |
<0.001 |
| Social Supporta (range 10–34) | - | - | 0.4 (0.2, 0.6) | 0.001 |
aHigher scores indicate greater social support.