Table 2.
The effects of physical exercise on three HRQOL domains in office workers by office worker characteristics and intervention types.
| k | Pooled SMD (95% CI) |
Percentage (%) |
Heterogeneity | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I2 (%) | p-Value | ||||
| General HRQOL domain | 1.77 (1.03 to 2.51) | 100 | 97 | <0.01 | |
| Office worker characteristics | |||||
| Healthy | 4 | 0.23 (−0.09 to 0.56) | 33.8 | 56 | 0.08 |
| Unhealthy | 9 | 2.76 (1.63 to 3.89) | 66.2 | 97 | <0.01 |
| Types of intervention | |||||
| Directly supervised | 5 | 1.77 (0.73 to 2.81) | 38.4 | 95 | <0.01 |
| Indirectly supervised | 3 | −0.002 (−0.17 to 0.16) | 24.8 | 0 | 0.45 |
| Unsupervised | 5 | 3.35 (1.42 to 5.28) | 36.8 | 98 | <0.01 |
| Physical HRQOL domain | 0.08 (−0.15 to 0.32) | 100 | 69 | <0.01 | |
| Office worker characteristics | |||||
| Healthy | 6 | −0.20 (−0.51 to 0.11) | 49.2 | 73 | <0.01 |
| Unhealthy | 8 | 0.38 (0.17 to 0.58) | 50.8 | 0 | 0.49 |
| Types of intervention | |||||
| Directly supervised | 6 | 0.08 (−0.38 to 0.55) | 41.4 | 77 | <0.01 |
| Indirectly supervised | 5 | 0.05 (−0.37 to 0.47) | 37.9 | 78 | <0.01 |
| Unsupervised | 3 | 0.17 (−0.15 to 0.48) | 20.7 | 0 | 0.46 |
| Mental HRQOL domain | 0.32 (0.12 to 0.52) | 100 | 57 | <0.01 | |
| Office worker characteristics | |||||
| Healthy | 6 | 0.49 (0.13 to 0.84) | 51.0 | 79 | <0.01 |
| Unhealthy | 8 | 0.12 (−0.08 to 0.33) | 49.0 | 0 | 0.88 |
| Types of intervention | |||||
| Directly supervised | 6 | 0.27 (−0.07 to 0.61) | 40.5 | 56 | 0.04 |
| Indirectly supervised | 5 | 0.26 (−0.12 to 0.65) | 39.6 | 74 | <0.01 |
| Unsupervised | 3 | 0.52 (0.20 to 0.84) | 19.9 | 0 | 0.74 |
HRQOL = health-related quality of life; k = number of comparisons; SMD = standardized mean difference; CI = confidence interval.