Table 6.

The quality of life and scores of each dimension were compared between the two groups (mean ± SD, scores).

		n	Before the intervention	After the intervention		F	P
				1 month	3 months
Total score of quality of life	Intervention group	33	135.55 ± 3.93	192.03 ± 5.64a	227.21 ± 3.77ab	3605.010	<0.001
	Control group	34	135.56 ± 4.52	162.50 ± 4.53a	195.74 ± 4.63ab	1485.680	<0.001
	t		0.010	23.664	30.456
	P		0.992	<0.001	<0.001
Energy	Intervention group	33	7.21 ± 1.14	11.00 ± 0.71a	13.73 ± 0.88ab	411.700	<0.001
	Control group	34	7.35 ± 1.10	9.50 ± 0.99a	11.62 ± 0.85ab	159.630	<0.001
	t		0.512	7.108	9.983
	P		0.612	<0.001	<0.001
Family roles	Intervention group	33	6.85 ± 0.87	11.00 ± 0.97a	13.76 ± 0.97ab	453.897	<0.001
	Control group	34	7.06 ± 0.81	9.00 ± 0.65a	11.38 ± 0.78ab	283.070	<0.001
	t		1.023	9.942	11.084
	P		0.310	<0.001	<0.001
Language	Intervention group	33	13.85 ± 1.52	18.91 ± 1.83a	23.21 ± 1.05ab	134.050	<0.001
	Control group	34	13.88 ± 1.43	16.12 ± 1.45a	19.50 ± 1.35ab	136.760	<0.001
	t		0.083	6.928	12.530
	P		0.934	<0.001	<0.001
Activity ability	Intervention group	33	17.12 ± 1.27	24.70 ± 1.76a	28.30 ± 1.02ab	560.650	<0.001
	Control group	34	17.24 ± 1.42	20.79 ± 1.18a	24.56 ± 1.21ab	280.480	<0.001
	t		0.364	10.710	13.659
	P		0.718	<0.001	<0.001
Emotion	Intervention group	33	14.30 ± 1.55	18.58 ± 1.39a	23.27 ± 1.13ab	355.130	<0.001
	Control group	34	14.18 ± 1.31	16.00 ± 1.33a	20.00 ± 1.30ab	174.710	<0.001
	t		0.343	7.764	11.166
	P		0.733	<0.001	<0.001
Personality	Intervention group	33	7.85 ± 1.37	12.39 ± 1.30a	14.03 ± 0.73ab	249.470	<0.001
	Control group	34	8.03 ± 1.27	10.18 ± 1.19a	12.03 ± 0.80ab	111.410	<0.001
	t		0.558	7.262	10.680
	P		0.579	<0.001	<0.001
Self-care ability	Intervention group	33	15.61 ± 1.48	21.06 ± 1.35a	23.76 ± 0.90ab	353.800	<0.001
	Control group	34	15.35 ± 1.59	17.94 ± 1.23a	20.94 ± 1.04ab	155.830	<0.001
	t		0.213	9.894	11.853
	P		0.832	<0.001	<0.001
Social role	Intervention group	33	14.15 ± 1.52	19.27 ± 1.28a	23.03 ± 1.10ab	381.270	<0.001
	Control group	34	14.18 ± 1.57	16.59 ± 1.42a	19.97 ± 1.19ab	146.310	<0.001
	t		0.079	8.106	10.921
	P		0.937	<0.001	<0.001
Thinking	Intervention group	33	7.33 ± 0.99	11.52 ± 0.80a	13.55 ± 0.97ab	388.920	<0.001
	Control group	34	7.35 ± 1.20	9.41 ± 0.93a	11.65 ± 0.98ab	144.480	<0.001
	t		0.074	9.943	7.974
	P		0.941	<0.001	<0.001
Upper limb function	Intervention group	33	12.36 ± 1.41	18.97 ± 0.95a	22.24 ± 1.09ab	614.900	<0.001
	Control group	34	12.50 ± 1.26	15.44 ± 1.33a	19.15 ± 1.18ab	238.520	<0.001
	t		0.429	12.468	11.125
	P		0.670	<0.001	<0.001
Vision	Intervention group	33	10.06 ± 0.66	13.15 ± 1.09a	14.42 ± 0.61ab	250.360	<0.001
	Control group	34	9.71 ± 0.91	11.38 ± 0.78a	12.82 ± 0.72ab	54.730	<0.001
	t		1.798	7.662	9.800
	P		0.077	<0.001	<0.001
Work	Intervention group	33	8.85 ± 1.09	11.48 ± 0.76a	13.91 ± 0.91ab	244.440	<0.001
	Control group	34	8.74 ± 1.05	10.15 ± 0.74a	12.12 ± 0.69ab	138.27	<0.001
	t		0.421	7.258	9.090
	P		0.675	<0.001	<0.001

Note: ^acomparison with preintervention (P < 0.001); ^bcompared with 1 month after the intervention (P < 0.001).