Table 4.

Repeated measures ANOVA on multiple sclerosis patients’ quality of life assessed with the Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis questionnaire (per-protocol analyses).

		T0	T1	T2	F	p	${\mathrm{\eta }}_{\mathrm{p}}^{\mathrm{2}}$
Total score	BAM	110.9 (23.61)	121 (25.76)	120.4 (24.17)	Time: F(2,136) = 3.25	0.042	0.046
	PEI	101.3 (24.42)	101.5 (25.55)	97.35 (25.04)	Group: F(1,68) = 10.32	0.002	0.132
					T × G: F(2,136) = 7.63	0.001	0.101
Mobility	BAM	18.31 (5.64)	19.19 (5.53)	18.86 (5.67)	Time: F(2,136) = 0.55	0.579	0.008
	PEI	16.28 (5.38)	15.92 (5.26)	15.16 (5.21)	Group: F(1,68) = 6.5	0.013	0.087
					T × G: F(2,136) = 2.12	0.125	0.030
Symptoms	BAM	19.33 (4.34)	20.33 (4.43)	20.5 (4.13)	Time: F(2,136) = 0.19	0.831	0.003
	PEI	19.57 (5.33)	18.27 (5.21)	18.35 (5.86)	Group: F(1,68) = 1.67	0.200	0.024
					T × G: F(2,136) = 5.5	0.005	0.075
Emotional wellbeing	BAM	19.69 (5.38)	22.31 (5.24)	21.94 (5.69)	Time: F(1.76,120.1) = 7.68	0.001	0.101
	PEI	17.09 (5.41)	18.57 (5.58)	17.71 (5.91)	Group: F(1,68) = 9.3	0.003	0.120
					T × G:F(1.76,120.1) = 1.44	0.241	0.021
General contentment	BAM	14.86 (6.07)	16.78 (5.75)	17.11 (5.67)	Time: F(1.74,118.4) = 3.54	0.038	0.049
	PEI	13.09 (5.05)	13.63 (5.33)	12.71 (4.77)	Group: F(1,68) = 6.88	0.011	0.092
					T × G: F(1.74,118.38) = 3.93	0.027	0.055
Thinking and fatigue	BAM	20.81 (7.31)	24.03 (7.16)	23.78 (5.81)	Time: F(2,136) = 2.60	0.078	0.037
	PEI	19.33 (6.80)	19.11 (7.91)	18.43 (7.88)	Group: F(1,68) = 6.72	0.012	0.090
					T × G: F(2,136) = 6.51	0.020	0.087
Family/social wellbeing	BAM	17.89 (4.48)	18.39 (5.35)	18.22 (4.51)	Time: F(2,136) = 0.87	0.423	0.013
	PEI	15.97 (6.47)	16.01 (6.11)	15 (6.18)	Group: F(1,68) = 4.17	0.050	0.058
					T × G: F(2,136) = 1.13	0.326	0.016
Additional concerns	BAM	33.91 (7.37)	35.36 (8.53)	34.81 (7.93)	Time: F(2,136) = 0.36	0.700	0.005
	PEI	32.31 (8.16)	31.66 (8.74)	32.6 (8.45)	Group: F(1,68) = 2.25	0.138	0.032
					T × G: F(2,136) = 1.67	0.191	0.024

T × G, time by group interaction effect.