Table 3.

Quality of life.

SF-36 Scale	Initial	Final	Absolute change	P value	Change (%)
Physical functioning	58 ± 8	79 ± 7	21 ± 8*	0.03	70 ± 34
Energy/Fatigue	48 ± 7	66 ± 4	17 ± 6*	0.02	74 ± 34
Role limitations due to physical health	75 ± 12	91 ± 6	16 ± 11	0.19	53 ± 37
Bodily pain	81 ± 5	83 ± 5	2 ± 2	0.29	3 ± 2
General health perception	53 ± 4	55 ± 7	2 ± 5	0.68	4 ± 11
Social functioning	76 ± 7	78 ± 6	2 ± 8	0.79	14 ± 16
Role limitations due to emotional	97 ± 3	91 ± 6	0 ± 0	0.34	0 ± 0
Emotional wellbeing	72 ± 5	83 ± 3	11 ± 6	0.12	28 ± 19

Values are means ± SEM for the 11 of 12 patients that completed the study. Paired t-testing was used to analyze changes between the pre-test (Initial) and post-test (Final) at the end of 12 weeks in all SF-36 quality of life scales, with bold type and asterisks indicating a significant change (*P < 0.05) in comparison to baseline.