Table 2.
Effect of the programme on the quality of life (SF-36) (IG: n = 13, CG: n = 26).
| SF-36 Domains (1) |
Group | M0 M (SD) |
M1 M (SD) |
p-Value (2) M0-M1 |
Cohen’s d | Interaction (3) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| p-Value | η2p | |||||||
| Physical Dimension | Physical Function | IG | 93.8 (6.8) | 95.0 (7.4) | 0.610 | 0.16 | 0.078 | 0.082 |
| CG | 94.4 (8.0) | 88.1 (14.4) | 0.027 | 0.54 | ||||
| Differences intergroups (4) |
p-value Cohen’s d |
0.826 0.08 |
0.114 0.60 |
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| Physical Performance | IG | 70.2 (23.5) | 80.3 (13.0) | 0.204 | 0.53 | 0.052 | 0.098 | |
| CG | 81.3 (16.6) | 77.5 (16.2) | 0.246 | 0.23 | ||||
| Intergroups differences (4) |
p-Value Cohen’s d |
0.147 0.54 |
0.598 0.19 |
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| Pain | IG | 79.0 (17.1) | 87.4 (12.7) | 0.121 | 0.56 | 0.012 | 0.158 | |
| CG | 79.2 (19.0) | 71.1 (20.1) | 0.035 | 0.42 | ||||
| Intergroups differences (4) |
p-Value Cohen’s d |
0.971 0.01 |
0.012 0.97 |
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| General Health | IG | 75.8 (13.3) | 75.9 (13.3) | 0.961 | 0.01 | 0.598 | 0.008 | |
| CG | 73.0 (15.0) | 71.0 (16.2) | 0.417 | 0.13 | ||||
| Intergroups differences (4) |
p-Value Cohen’s d |
0.576 0.20 |
0.345 0.34 |
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| Mental dimension | Vitality | IG | 48.1 (20.6) | 67.3 (15.6) | 0.004 | 1.05 | 0.404 | 0.019 |
| CG | 55.5 (17.1) | 70.3 (18.4) | <0.001 | 0.83 | ||||
| Intergroups differences (4) |
p-Value Cohen’s d |
0.238 0.39 |
0.615 0.18 |
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| Social Function | IG | 79.8 (19.5) | 80.8 (19.5) | 0.794 | 0.05 | 0.663 | 0.005 | |
| CG | 76.4 (20.4) | 80.2 (21.0) | 0.366 | 0.18 | ||||
| Intergroups differences (4) |
p-Value Cohen’s d |
0.625 0.17 |
0.930 0.03 |
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| Emotional Performance |
IG | 71.2 (24.0) | 79.5 (14.7) | 0.203 | 0.42 | 0.128 | 0.061 | |
| CG | 79.8 (20.3) | 77.9 (18.9) | 0.588 | 0.10 | ||||
| Intergroups differences (4) |
p-Value Cohen’s d |
0.245 0.39 |
0.791 0.09 |
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| Mental Health | IG | 63.8 (12.4) | 80.4 (13.8) | 0.001 | 1.26 | 0.350 | 0.024 | |
| CG | 68.1 (17.9) | 80.0 (21.0) | <0.001 | 0.61 | ||||
| Intergroups differences (4) |
p-Value Cohen’s d |
0.450 0.27 |
0.953 0.02 |
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IG—Intervention Group; CG—Control Group; M—Mean; SD—Standard deviation; η2p—partial Eta squared; (1) Score from 0 to 100, with 100 representing the best health status and 0 indicating the worst health status; (2) p-value of Student’s paired t-Test—comparison M0-M1 within each group; (3) interaction group*time (Mixed ANOVA); (4) comparison between groups in M0 and M1—Student’s independent t-test.