Table 3.
Comparisons between control and intervention conditions on physical, cardiovascular, cognitive, functional and life quality measures
|
Physical health measures | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | T0 | T1 | T2 | F | p | |
| Systolic BP (mmHg) |
53 |
145.1 (14.2)a |
144.4 (15.0)b |
135.8 (15.7)a,b |
17.1 |
<.001 |
| Diastolic BP (mmHg) |
53 |
75.4 (16.2) |
78.2 (9.4) |
74.3 (9.0) |
3.1 |
.07 |
| BMI (kg/m2) |
52 |
26.3 (3.6)a |
26.2 (3.5)b |
25.9 (3.4)a,b |
7.0 |
<.005 |
|
Cardiovascular fitness measures | ||||||
| Resting heart rate (beats/min) |
53 |
68.2 (10.7)a |
69.6 (13.1)b |
64.6 (10.2)a,b |
11.0 |
<.001 |
| 1 minute recovery heart rate (beats/min) |
52 |
74.8 (14.0)a |
75.6 (15.2)b |
68.8 (11.8)a,b |
14.2 |
<.001 |
|
Cognitive measures | ||||||
| Forward digit span |
43 |
9.4 (2.1)a |
9.5 (2.4) |
10.0 (2.3)a |
3.4 |
<.05 |
| Backwards digit span |
43 |
5.3 (2.1)a |
5.3 (2.0)b |
6.3 (2.3)a,b |
8.6 |
<.001 |
| TMT-A (sec) |
41 |
50.0 (21.1) |
45.5 (19.3) |
45.9 (19.3) |
2.6 |
.09 |
| TMT-B (sec) |
43 |
184.5 (138.0) |
192.0 (137.0) |
146.3 (124.9) |
2.6 |
.09 |
| Letter fluency |
43 |
14.1 (4.8)a |
14.6 (7.3) |
16.3 (5.7)a |
3.4 |
.053 |
| Category fluency |
43 |
12.7 (4.6)a |
10.5 (4.5)a,b |
13.0 (4.7)b |
7.8 |
.001 |
|
Quality of life and functional abilities | ||||||
| WHO-QOL total |
52 |
256 (38) |
252 (43)a |
263 (37)a |
3.3 |
<.05 |
| ADCS-MCI-ADL | 53 | 45.2 (4.9) | 44.7 (5.4) | 45.5 (7.6) | 0.5 | .54 |
The table shows data for the control period (T0 to T1) and intervention period (T1 to T2). Data are mean (standard deviation). a and b denote pairs that differ significantly at p < .05.