Table 3.
Health-related quality of life of training and control group before (t1) and after (t2) one year
| Training group | Control group | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF-36 | t1 | t2 | p | t1 | t2 | p (t1 vs t2) |
| (n = 13) | (n = 13) | (t1 vs t2) | (n = 8) | (n = 8) | ||
| Physical functioning | 62 ± 26 | 71 ± 20 | 0.016 | 69 ± 21 | 66 ± 28 | 0.752 |
| Social functioning | 67 ± 26 | 79 ± 22 | 0.014 | 67 ± 27 | 73 ± 22 | 0.703 |
| Role limitations: Physical | 23 ± 23 | 31 ± 18 | 0.256 | 14 ± 20 | 21 ± 22 | 0.200 |
| Role limitations: Emotional | 48 ± 44 | 58 ± 47 | 0.515 | 38 ± 38 | 62 ± 45 | 0.172 |
| Mental health | 55 ± 21 | 64 ± 13 | 0.119 | 56 ± 14 | 63 ± 23 | 0.270 |
| Energy/vitality | 46 ± 25 | 54 ± 18 | 0.418 | 41 ± 15 | 54 ± 24 | 0.140 |
| Pain | 70 ± 28 | 86 ± 17 | 0.129 | 79 ± 35 | 64 ± 29 | 0.230 |
| General health perspective | 47 ± 20 | 50 ± 16 | 0.650 | 44 ± 21 | 49 ± 28 | 0.288 |
| AQLQ | ||||||
| Overall QOL | 4.3 ± 1.2 | 5.0 ± 1.1 | 0.027 | 4.3 ± 1.1 | 4.8 ± 1.5 | 0.270 |
| Activities | 4.0 ± 1.4 | 4.8 ± 1.3 | 0.009 | 3.9 ± 1.1 | 4.2 ± 1.7 | 0.691 |
| Symptoms | 4.2 ± 1.2 | 5.0 ± 1.1 | 0.093 | 4.4 ± 1.2 | 4.9 ± 1.5 | 0.222 |
| Emotions | 4.8 ± 1.8 | 5.6 ± 1.4 | 0.047 | 4.7 ± 1.3 | 5.3 ± 1.6 | 0.1 |
| Environment | 4.6 ± 1.4 | 5.1 ± 1.4 | 0.187 | 4.6 ± 1.6 | 5.2 ± 1.7 | 0.416 |
Values are mean ± standard deviation.
No statistically significant differences between both groups at t1.
AQLQ: Asthma Quality of Life Questionnaire, n.s.: not significant.
QOL: Quality of life, SF-36: Short form-36 questionnaire.