. 2021 Nov 8;96:30. doi: 10.1186/s42506-021-00093-y

Table 2.

Comparison of eight domains of patients’ quality of life before and 1 month after intervention in the intervention and control groups (Patients discharged from 22nd Bahman Hospital of Khaf in 6 months since 2020)

Variable	Group	Before intervention	One-month after intervention	Paired t test or Wilcoxon test
Variable	Group	Mean ± Standard deviation	Mean ± Standard deviation	Paired t test or Wilcoxon test
General mental health	Intervention	47.59 ± 10.91	54.57 ± 7.83	p <0.001^a
	Control	48.28 ± 7.53	46.49 ± 4.53	p = 0.16
	Independent t test	p = 0.68	p <0.001
Social functioning	Intervention	68.83 ± 17.47	76.11 ± 10.88	p = 0.03^a
	Control	70.83 ± 13.44	68.77 ± 10.70	p = 0.36
	Independent t test	p = 0.48	p <0.001
General health perceptions	Intervention	63.55 ± 8.99	70.23 ± 7.60	p <0.001^a
	Control	64.44 ± 11.31	61.11 ± 7.92	p = 0.04^a
	Independent t test	p = 0.63	p <0.001
Vitality	Intervention	61.04 ± 12.29	67.02 ± 10.36	p <0.001^a
	Control	59.93 ± 11.73	58.11 ± 8.49	p = 0.46
	Independent t test	p = 0.61	p <0.001
Physical functioning	Intervention	61.44 ± 16.73	67.40 ± 6.69	p <0.001^a
	Control	60.50 ± 14.68	58.89 ± 6.91	p = 0.31
	Independent t test	p = 0.74	p <0.001
Bodily pain	Intervention	60.66 ± 23.20	68.57 ± 13.67	p = 0.34
	Control	61.50 ± 22.15	55.89 ± 17.45	p = 0.15
	Mann-Whitney test	p = 0.75	p <0.001
Role limitations due to physical problems	Intervention	83.75 ± 15.48	80.45 ± 8.50	p = 0.43
	Control	83.12 ± 16.40	76.30 ± 10.70	p = 0.10
	Mann-Whitney test	p = 0.89	p = 0.06
Role limitations due to emotional problems	Intervention	64.2 ± 18.12	80.95 ± 5.90	p <0.001^a
	Control	69.44 ± 18.19	74.47 ± 10.33	p = 0.08
	Mann-Whitney test	p = 0.09	p <0.001

p is the p value reported by the Wilcoxon test

^aSignificant