Table 4.

Pearson’s correlations (r-values) between changes in quality of life (QoL), depressive symptoms (DS), sense of coherence (SoC), strength and functional capacity: changes between baseline and month-3 above diagonal and between baseline and month-9 below diagonal

Absolute change	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8a
1. Physical QoL	–	.33**	.18	.37***	− .23*	.18	.21*	− .00
2. Psychological QoL	.42***	–	.08	.25*	− .25*	.26**	.08	− .02
3. Social QoL	.23*	.13	–	.12	− .03	− .10	.13	− .09
4. Environmental QoL	.47***	.35***	.04	–	.08	.06	.22*	− .01
5. DS	− .19	− .29**	.00	− .22*	–	− .08	.02	.06
6. SoC	.31**	.25**	.01	.19	− .34**	–	.04	.13
7. Strength	.04	.10	.07	.16	− .10	.05	–	− .28*
8. Functional capacitya	.07	.08	− .01	− .00	− .09	.06	− .19	–

*p < .05, **p < .01, ***p < .001

^aNegative change means better functional capacity