Table 2.
Relationship between quality of life survey scores and exercise levels.
| Overall | Active group | Insufficiently active group | t-test | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean score (SD) | Mean score (SD) | Mean score (SD) | p value∗ | ||
| (n = 143) | (n = 81) | (n = 62) | |||
| PAT-D | 26.83 (12.24) | 24.35 (8.91) | 30.03 (14.99) | 0.0096 | |
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| VFQ-25 | Overall | 49.77 (19.07) | 53.32 (18.85) | 45.12 (18.48) | 0.0104 |
| General vision | 47.69 (25.33) | 50.37 (26.29) | 44.19 (23.79) | 0.1491 | |
| Ocular pain | 85.75 (19.21) | 86.88 (19.95) | 84.27 (18.24) | ||
| Near activities | 46.50 (26.65) | 51.49 (25.22) | 39.98 (27.25) | ||
| Distance activities | 40.88 (21.55) | 44.86 (22.13) | 35.69 (19.77) | ||
| Social functioning | 54.54 (29.20) | 55.86 (28.72) | 52.82 (29.98) | ||
| Mental health | 46.37 (25.59) | 47.69 (25.07) | 44.66 (26.37) | ||
| Role difficulties | 57.69 (25.08) | 60.34 (26.50) | 54.23 (22.85) | ||
| Dependency | 52.68 (30.52) | 57.10 (30.45) | 46.91 (29.88) | ||
| Driving | 17.07 (28.28) | 21.48 (31.40) | 11.27 (22.56) | ||
| Color vision | 64.78 (33.84) | 73.77 (32.09) | 52.87 (32.63) | 0.0002 | |
| Peripheral vision | 29.79 (26.88) | 34.26 (28.63) | 23.75 (23.21) | 0.0212 | |
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| SF-36 | Physical component Summary | 50.45 (10.59) | 52.91 (8.84) | 47.22 (11.82) | 0.0022 |
| Mental component Summary | 51.38 (10.41) | 51.11 (9.84) | 51.73 (11.20) | 0.7313 | |
| Physical functioning | 84.11 (22.19) | 90.06 (15.19) | 76.31 (27.14) | 0.0006 | |
| Role physical | 75.18 (34.13) | 80.00 (30.91) | 68.85 (37.26) | ||
| Role emotional | 86.76 (28.42) | 87.08 (28.32) | 86.34 (28.79) | ||
| Vitality | 60.07 (21.06) | 61.19 (20.32) | 58.61 (22.08) | ||
| Mental health | 77.84 (18.15) | 78.94 (17.37) | 76.39 (19.17) | ||
| Social functioning | 85.46 (22.78) | 87.50 (20.86) | 82.79 (25.02) | 0.2367 | |
| Bodily pain | 80.14 (22.76) | 85.13 (19.23) | 73.61 (25.40) | ||
| General health | 67.61 (22.28) | 71.08 (21.69) | 63.11 (22.40) | 0.0365 | |
∗ p values indicate comparisons between active and insufficiently active subjects. PAT-D: Pepper Assessment Tool for Disability; SD: standard deviation; SF-36: 36-Item Short Form Health Survey; VFQ-25: Visual Function Questionnaire-25.