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. 2017 Jul 21;19(7):e264. doi: 10.2196/jmir.6743

Table 5.

Comparison of quality of life between the two groups before and after intervention.

Item and group		Baseline	After intervention (month)				F_1,4	P
			1	3	6	12
Total
	Intervention, mean (SD)	47.20 (18.73)	37.95 (20.89)^a	35.02 (20.42)^a	34.45 (19.95)^a	31.35 (20.53)^a,b	20.364	<.001
	Control, mean (SD)	51.22 (18.53)	47.95 (19.60)	51.03 (21.46)^b	55.69 (20.90)^a,b,c	57.92 (21.41)^a,b,c,d	10.001	<.001
	t₁	–1.177	–2.705	–4.163	–5.663	–6.904
	P	.24	.01	<.001	<.001	<.001
Symptom
	Intervention, mean (SD)	61.87 (19.75)	41.04 (27.30)^a	38.56 (24.71)^a	38.84 (23.60)^a	35.82 (21.32)^a	16.194	<.001
	Control, mean (SD)	57.74 (19.77)	47.95 (19.60)^a	49.95 (25.85)^a	54.98 (23.48)^b,c	58.03 (23.71)^b,c	5.905	<.001
	t₁	1.142	–1.355	–2.454	–3.745	–5.353
	P	.26	.18	.02	<.001	<.001
Activity
	Intervention, mean (SD)	58.24 (23.16)	51.09 (24.38)^a	50.13 (24.89)^a	47.15 (25.43)^a	43.96 (24.66)^a,b	7.101	<.001
	Control, mean (SD)	65.49 (20.19)	64.58 (21.37)	65.02 (23.27)	68.77 (22.19)	69.00 (22.45)	1.996	.12
	t₁	–1.834	–3.231	–3.382	–4.974	–5.818
	P	.07	.002	.001	<.001	<.001
Impacts
	Intervention, mean (SD)	34.85 (21.01)	29.18 (20.31)^a	26.00 (20.93)^a	26.80 (21.04)^a	22.89 (22.12)^a	3.279	.02
	Control, mean (SD)	40.42 (20.10)	37.48 (20.97)	41.02 (22.43)^b	44.49 (22.06)^b	48.48 (22.88)^a,b,c,d	7.851	<.001
	t₁	–1.479	–2.191	–3.767	–4.470	–6.198
	P	.14	.03	<.001	<.001	<.001

^a Significant compared to baseline.

^b Significant compared to 1 month.

^c Significant compared to 3 months.

^d Significant compared to 6 months.