Table 3.
QoL at onset, 3, 6 and 12 months of fitness club membership
| Outcomes | Onset n=250 (men=125, women=125) |
3 months n=224 (men=108, women=116) |
6 months n=213 (men=106, women=107) |
12 months n=187 (men=96, women=91) |
P value |
| QoL | |||||
| Sum score QoL, mean (SD) | 22.2 (6.7) | 22.2 (7.1) | 22.5 (6.9) | 23.2 (6.8) | 0.071 |
| High QoL, n (%) | 88 (35.3) | 76 (34.2) | 79 (37.1) | 76 (41.1) | 0.263 |
| Low QoL, n (%) | 161 (64.7) | 146 (65.8) | 134 (62.9) | 109 (58.9) | |
| ‘In most ways my life is close to my ideal’, mean (SD) | 4.1 (1.5) | 4.3 (1.6) | 4.3 (1.6) | 4.4 (1.6) | 0.036 (onset to 12 months; p=0.025) |
| ‘The conditions of my life are excellent’, mean (SD) | 4.7 (1.5) | 4.7 (1.5) | 4.7 (1.5) | 4.8 (1.5) | 0.356 |
| ‘I am satisfied with my life’, mean (SD) | 4.9 (1.6) | 4.8 (1.6) | 4.9 (1.5) | 5.0 (1.5) | 0.216 |
| ‘So far I have gotten the important things I want in life’, mean (SD) | 4.5 (1.7) | 4.4 (1.7) | 4.5 (1.6) | 4.7 (1.6) | 0.068 |
| ‘If I could live my life over, I would change almost nothing’, mean (SD) | 4.0 (1.9) | 4.0 (1.8) | 4.1 (1.8) | 4.3 (1.8) | <0.001 (onset to 12 months; p<0.001, 3 to 12 months; p=0.001, 6 to 12 months; p=0.001) |
Results are shown in mean (SD) or n (%). P value is shown for participants that completed the questionnaire at all measurement points (n=184).
QoL, quality of life.