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. 2018 Sep 17;28(2):357–368. doi: 10.1007/s11136-018-2004-3

Table 2.

Health-related quality of life scores from baseline to 12 months

n Mean EQ-5D score
Baseline 95% CI 3 months 95% CI 6 months 95% CI 12 months 95% CI p value
NSE 76 0.649 (0.217) 0.599–0.698 0.685 (0.233) 0.626–0.745 0.680 (0.258) 0.611–0.749 0.708 (0.243) 0.643–0.773 0.52
NSEB 70 0.552 (0.307) 0.478–0.625 0.686 (0.212) 0.633–0.738 0.704 (0.250) 0.638–0.771 0.673 (0.276) 0.602–0.745 < 0.01
PPA 69 0.631 (0.249) 0.570–0.692 0.622 (0.291) 0.545–0.699 0.627 (0.285) 0.547–0.707 0.618 (0.289) 0.536–0.639 0.90
n Mean EQ-VAS
Baseline 95% CI 3 months*** 95% CI 6 months 95% CI 12 months*** 95% CI p value
NSE 75 65 (16) 60–69 70 (18) 63–74 70 (21) 65–76 70 (21) 64–76 0.14
NSEB 70 61 (20) 54–65 66 (20) 61–73 71 (20) 66–78 71 (20) 67–78 < 0.01
PPA 69 64 (18) 60–69 61 (21) 54–66 64 (20) 59–70 62 (21) 55–67 0.12
n Mean SF-36 physical component score
Baseline 95% CI 3 months*** 95% CI 6 months 95% CI 12 months*** 95% CI p value
NSE 74 42.54 (6.41) 40.66–44.41 45.44 (7.40) 43.24–47.63 45.93 (7.93) 43.24–47.23 46.01 (8.46) 43.65–48.54 < 0.01
NSEB 70 43.02 (6.80) 41.15–44.48 44.85 (6.76) 42.98–46.91 45.46 (7.25) 43.49–47.42 46.22 (7.56) 44.15–48.28 < 0.01
PPA 69 42.14 (6.23) 40.26–44.01 42.95 (9.20) 40.23–45.68 43.89 (7.70) 41.63–46.14 42.72 (8.47) 40.21–45.23 0.33
n Mean SF-36 mental component score
Baseline 95% CI 3 months*** 95% CI 6 months 95% CI 12 months 95% CI p value
NSE 74 47.89 (8.74) 44.43–51.34 49.37 (12.74) 44.35–54.38 49.75 (9.63) 45.98–53.53 50.71 (10.82) 46.56–54.87 0.38
NSEB 70 47.17 (10.73) 43.97–50.37 49.20 (10.05) 46.14–52.26 49.48 (11.23) 46.16–52.80 48.71 (13.44) 44.54–52.89 0.21
PPA 65 46.50 (12.03) 41.83–51.17 47.37 (11.42) 43.02–51.73 46.09 (13.57) 40.85–51.32 46.21 (12.74) 41.39–51.04 0.91

Adjusted for age and gender

NSE Neck-specific exercise group, NSEB Neck-specific exercise group with a behavioural approach, PPA physical activity group, EQ-5D Euroqol 5 dimension questionnaire, SF-36 Short Form health questionnaire 36, CI confidence interval

***p < 0.01 difference between groups