Table 4.
Mean Change in SarQol and other measures between baseline and follow-up
| A. By global change in overall fitness | ||||||
|
Worse (n = 30) |
Slightly worse (n = 25) |
About the same (n = 46) |
Slightly better (n = 5) |
Better (n = 11) |
Any improvement (n = 16) |
|
| Overall SarQoL |
−8.5 (15.9) |
−0.5 (16.0) |
−0.3 (12.3) |
21.3 (19.0) |
14.4 (17.0) |
16.6 (17.3) |
| Physical and mental health |
−6.2 (20.4) |
2.4 (19.0) |
5.8 (17.5) |
32.7 (13.1) | 17.4 (18.4) |
22.1 (18.0) |
| Locomotion |
−7.8 (23.7) |
−0.5 (19.2) |
−4.3 (23.1) |
25.0 (31.7) | 16.4 (23.5) |
19.1 (25.5) |
| Body composition |
−3.9 (22.5) |
4.1 (22.1) |
12.4 (25.6) |
22.5 (12.0) | 14.0 (20.1) |
16.7 (18.0) |
| Functionality |
−7.4 (15.5) |
−0.7 (17.1) |
− 0.9 (11.4) |
15.5 (25.5) | 14.7 (14.9) |
14.9 (17.9) |
| Activities of daily living | −11.9 (17.2) |
−0.9 (19.4) |
−4.5 (14.9) |
20.5 (17.7) | 12.0 (22.3) |
14.7 (20.8) |
| Leisure activities | −11.6 (29.3) |
0.7 (17.0) |
6.9 (21.8) |
20.0 (13.9) | 12.1 (19.8) |
14.5 (18.1) |
| Fears |
−6.7 (22.9) |
3.5 (29.9) |
4.9 (32.2) |
7.5 (30.1) |
6.8 (32.8) |
7.0 (30.9) |
| SARC-F | 0.83 (1.49) | 0.28 (1.99) | −0.07 (1.67) | −1.00 (2.12) | −1.64 (1.69) |
−1.44 (1.79) |
| B. By global change in overall quality of life | ||||||
|
Worse (n = 26) |
Slightly worse (n = 15) |
About the same (n = 63) |
Slightly better (n = 3) |
Better (n = 10) |
Any improvement (n = 13) |
|
| Overall SarQoL |
−7.6 (17.5) |
−5.1 (11.8) |
2.7 (15.2) |
5.3 (5.0) |
10.5 (18.1) |
9.3 (15.9) |
| Physical and mental health | −6.0 (22.1) |
−3.0 (19.2) |
7.6 (17.7) |
18.5 (22.2) | 16.3 (21.1) |
16.8 (20.4) |
| Locomotion | −8.4 (26.5) |
−11.0 (15.0) |
−0.3 (24.0) |
5.6 (12.7) |
12.9 (25.6) |
11.2 (23.0) |
| Body composition | −3.0 (25.8) |
−1.9 (18.5) |
11.5 (24.2) |
16.7 (7.2) |
15.8 (19.8) |
16.0 (17.4) |
| Functionality | −6.4 (17.0) |
−5.0 (15.2) |
1.5 (15.0) |
−1.1 (14.2) | 11.1 (16.3) |
8.3 (16.2) |
| Activities of daily living | −13.2 (18.5) |
−3.8 (18.8) |
0.4 (18.0) |
−1.0 (11.5) |
4.9 (20.4) |
3.6 (18.4) |
| Leisure activities | −10.9 (30.8) |
0.0 (15.4) |
5.0 (21.2) |
27.7 (9.6) |
10.0 (22.4) |
14.1 (21.3) |
| Fears | −9.6 (19.8) |
−1.7 (29.8) |
7.7 (31.1) |
0.0 (25.0) |
1.3 (36.1) |
1.0 (32.9) |
| SARC-F | 0.60 (1.65) |
0.33 (2.22) |
−0.08 (1.60) |
2.33 (1.53) | −1.70 (1.83) |
−0.77 (2.45) |
Values are mean and standard deviation