Table 4.

Differences between groups in the SF-36 Scale.

Variable	Group	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Effect	Factor	F	p
		Pre	Post	Size
SF36 general health	Control	14.88 (3.15)	15.76 (2.52)	0.31	Time	2.01	0.163
	Intervention	15.89 (3.75)	16.15 (3.01)	0.08	Time × Group	0.60	0.444
					Group	0.81	0.372
SF36 physical health	Control	27.32 (3.52)	26.48 (4.27)	0.22	Time	1.16	0.286
	Intervention	22.59 (5.81)	24.56 (4.96)	0.37	Time × Group	7.24	0.010*
					Group	7.56	0.008**
SF36 physical role	Control	7.36 (1.22)	6.80 (1.68)	0.39	Time	0.01	0.951
	Intervention	6.00 (1.90)	6.59 (1.78)	0.32	Time × Group	4.72	0.035*
					Group	4.22	0.045*
SF36 emotional role	Control	5.56 (1.61)	4.80 (1.50)	0.49	Time	0.45	0.507
	Intervention	4.74 (1.40)	5.15 (1.46)	0.29	Time × Group	4.88	0.032*
					Group	0.54	0.464
SF36 social function	Control	6.04 (1.24)	5.88 (0.78)	0.16	Time	0.92	0.342
	Intervention	6.33 (1.57)	6.00 (1.36)	0.23	Time × Group	0.11	0.737
					Group	0.71	0.403
SF36 body pain	Control	5.00 (2.31)	5.36 (2.96)	0.14	Time	4.52	0.039*
	Intervention	6.33 (3.45)	4.74 (2.54)	0.53	Time × Group	11.34	0.001**
					Group	0.23	0.630
SF36 vitality	Control	14.76 (2.37)	14.80 (1.53)	0.02	Time	0.94	0.338
	Intervention	14.30 (2.46)	14.89 (2.22)	0.25	Time × Group	0.71	0.402
					Group	0.13	0.715
SF36 mental health	Control	19.36 (2.53)	18.84 (2.66)	0.20	Time	1.02	0.318
	Intervention	17.11 (2.74)	18.44 (2.53)	0.50	Time × Group	5.28	0.026*
					Group	4.79	0.033*
SF36 physical component	Control	54.56 (3.71)	54.40 (4.28)	0.04	Time	0.12	0.731
	Intervention	51.48 (5.04)	52.04 (4.28)	0.12	Time × Group	0.39	0.534
					Group	6.48	0.014*
SF36 emotional component	Control	45.48 (4.65)	44.56 (4.16)	0.21	Time	0.21	0.650
	Intervention	42.74 (3.61)	44.22 (4.04)	0.39	Time × Group	3.80	0.057
					Group	2.55	0.048*
SF36 total	Control	102.00 (6.14)	100.64 (5.84)	0.23	Time	0.53	0.470
	Intervention	96.44 (5.82)	99.79 (6.08)	0.56	Time × Group	5.68	0.021*
					Group	6.09	0.017*

SF-36 = Health Scale.

^*p < 0.05;

^**p < 0.01.