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. 2022 Apr;31(4):443–456. doi: 10.1177/09612033221083273

Table 4.

Effects of a 12-week home-based exercise training program on Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ), Pediatric Quality of Live Inventory 4.0 (PedsQL 4.0), and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) in adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Control Group Intervention Group p value
Domains (score) Mean Baseline (95% CI) Mean Post (95% CI) Mean Baseline (95% CI) Mean Post (95% CI) TIME GROUP INT
Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire
Total difficulties score (0; 40) 11.0 (6.7; 15.2) 9.8 (5.49; 14.2) 18.4 (13.5; 23.3) 16.1 (11.2; 21.0) 0.16 0.02 0.64
Emotional problems (0; 10) 4.2 (2.5; 5.8) 3.40 (1.70; 5.0) 5.9 (3.9; 7.8) 4.8 (2.9; 6.8) <0.01 0.19 0.69
Conduct problems (0; 10) 1.9 (1.0; 2.8) 1.23 (0.3; 2.1) 2.5 (1.5; 3.5) 2.8 (1.8; 3.9) 0.58 0.06 0.11
Hyperactivity/inattention (0; 10) 3.0 (1.3; 4.6) 2.8 (1.1; 4.4) 5.8 (4.0; 7.7) 5.3 (3.4; 7.2) 0.43 0.02 0.69
Peer problems (0; 10) 1.9 (0.9; 2.9) 2.2 (1.3; 3.4) 3.0 (1.8; 4.1) 3.0 (1.8; 4.1) 0.43 0.24 0.43
Prosocial (0; 10) 7.6 (6.42; 8.9) 8.7 (7.5; 10.0) 8.0 (6.5; 9.4) 8.1 (6.6; 9.5) 0.08 0.70 0.14
Impact score (0; 10) 0.9 (0.01; 1.8) 1.3 (0.39; 2.2) 1.5 (0.5; 2.6) 1.6 (0.6; 2.7) 0.40 0.42 0.64
Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory
PedsQL total scale score (0; 100) 72.3 (63.0; 81.7) 78.5 (69.2; 87.9) 65.9 (55.1; 76.7) 66.6 (55.8; 77.4) 0.24 0.36 0.36
Physical health summary score (0; 100) 71.1 (60.1; 82.1) 81.5 970.5; 92.5) 69.8 (56.4; 81.8) 69.1 (56.4; 81.8) 0.11 0.38 0.07
Emotional functioning (0; 100) 65.4 (52.4; 78.5) 61.25 (48.2; 74.3) 49.4 (34.4; 64.5) 55.6(40.5; 70.6) 0.78 0.24 0.15
Social functioning (0; 100) 87.5 (76.4; 98.6) 88.7 9(77.6; 99.8) 78.33 (65.5; 91.1) 78.9 (66.1; 91.7) 0.83 0.20 0.93
School functioning (0; 100) 67.9 (57.1; 78.7) 76.82 (65.9; 87.4) 57.78 (45.3;70.2) 57.8 (45.3;70.2) 0.33 0.04 0.33
Psychosocial health summary (0; 100) 73.6 (63.9;83.2) 76.4 (65.9 85.2) 61.8 (50.7; 73.0) 64.1 (52.9; 75.2) 0.51 0.08 0.96
Pittsburgh sleep quality index
PSQI total score (0; 21) 4.3 (2.4; 6.2) 4.8 (2.9; 6.8) 6.0 (3.8; 8.2) 6.9 (4.6; 9.0) 0.30 0.16 0.78
Overall sleep quality (0; 3) 1.0 (0.5; 1.5) 0.7 (0.2; 1.2) 1.2 (0.6; 1.7) 1.0 (0.4; 1.5) 0.20 0.57 0.83
Sleep latency (0; 3) 0.6 (0.1; 1.1) 0.8(0.3; 1.4) 0.6 (0.06; 1.2) 1.0 (0.3; 1.6) 0.28 0.87 0.84
Sleep duration (0; 3) 0.08 (−0.2;0.3) 0.45 (0.1; 0.7) 0.3 ( −0.004; 0.6) 0.2 (−0.1;0.5) 0.30 0.95 0.06
Sleep efficiency (0; 3) 0.1( −0.4;0.7) 0.4 ( −0.1; 1.0) 0.6 (−0.005; 1.3) 1.3 (0.6;2.0) 0.07 0.07 0.50
Sleep disturbances (0; 3) 1.3 (0.9; 1.6) 1.1 (0.8; 1.5) 1.22 (0.8; 1.6) 1.1 (0.7; 1.5) 0.44 0.66 0.89
Sleep medication use (0; 3) 0.42 (−0.3; 1.1) 0.35 (−0.3; 1.0) 1.33 (0.5; 2.1) 1.0 (0.1; 1.8) 0.34 0.13 0.51
Daytime dysfunction (0; 3) 0.5 (0.2;0.9) 0.7 (0.4;1.1) 0.5 (0.4; 1.1) 1.2 (0.7; 1.6) <0.01 0.40 0.13

Values are described in mean (95 confidence interval). Abbreviations: INT: interaction. JSLE: juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus