Table 2.

Changes in psychological outcomes over the intervention period

	Control group (n = 12)		Exercise group (n = 13)
	Baseline	Post	Baseline	Post
Perceived Stress Scale (PSS)	19.4 ± 3.1	20.0 ± 3.2	19.7 ± 3.3	18.8 ± 3.2
Relative autonomy index for physical activity (RM 4-FM)	11.3 ± 2.0	9.5 ± 2.5	9.3 ± 3.1	10.0 ± 2.9
Relative autonomy index for exercise (RM 4-FM)	4.6 ± 3.0	3.6 ± 2.0b	3.3 ± 4.1	4.6 ± 5.3b
Health-Related Quality of Life: general health (SF-36)	60 ± 14	67 ± 11a	53 ± 17	61 ± 16a

a: p < 0.01 for the main effect of time

b: p < 0.05 for the time*intervention interaction effect