TABLE 3.
Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and mental health of women with PCOS at baseline, after 12 weeks of HIIT and after 4 weeks of detraining.
| HIIT group per protocol (n = 12) | Control group per protocol (n = 11) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | 12 weeks | Detraining | Baseline | 12 weeks | Detraining | ∆ (95% CI) 12 weeks–baseline | ∆ (95% CI) detraining–baseline | P* | |
| HRQoL | |||||||||
| Per protocol | |||||||||
| Physical functioning | 80.4 ± 3.4 | 87.0 ± 3.1 | 86.1 ± 2.5 | 83.1 ± 3.0 | 84.5 ± 4.5 | 82.2 ± 3.6 | 4.0 (−7.0, 15.1) | 3.4 (−2.8, 9.7) | 0.021 |
| Physical role | 72.5 ± 9.4 | 81.8 ± 9.7 | 74.4 ± 9.3 | 62.5 ± 10.7 | 89.7 ± 9.0 | 76.1 ± 8.8 | −32.8 (−64.6, −0.9) | 16.9 (−4.6, 38.5) | 0.027 |
| Bodily pain | 67.0 ± 4.8 | 61.6 ± 4.3 | 70.5 ± 3.1 | 70.7 ± 4.0 | 73.2 ± 5.0 | 70.8 ± 4.0 | −10.2 (−27.5, 7.1) | 13.6 (0.9, 26.2) | 0.107 |
| General health | 48.6 ± 4.6 | 69.0 ± 5.8 | 62.6 ± 6.0 | 57.0 ± 6.8 | 58.4 ± 7.3 | 54.8 ± 5.4 | 17.7 (−7.3, 42.7) | 0.6 (−17.2, 18.5) | 0.021 |
| Social functioning | 84.2 ± 5.3 | 76.0 ± 5.6 | 72.2 ± 6.5 | 72.7 ± 7.4 | 75.3 ± 6.6 | 72.0 ± 7.1 | −13.3 (−40.7, 14.1) | 5.5 (−9.6, 20.6) | 0.488 |
| Emotional role | 80.2 ± 13.3 | 75.0 ± 8.1 | 76.2 ± 12.2 | 71.2 ± 13.6 | 79.9 ± 11.7 | 61.4 ± 10.6 | −30.7 (−86.0, 24.9) | 14.4 (−29.2, 58.0) | 0.061 |
| Vitality | 46.6 ± 5.6 | 57.9 ± 6.5 | 58.1 ± 6.4 | 40.9 ± 5.1 | 50.4 ± 6.5 | 45.8 ± 6.2 | −7.0 −37.4, 23.0) | 9.1 (−8.7, 26.9) | 0.674 |
| Mental health | 59.3 ± 3.8 | 77.0 ± 5.2 | 69.5 ± 4.6 | 61.0 ± 4.3 | 67.6 ± 4,3 | 59.1 ± 5.0 | 5.1 (−13.6, 23.8) | 8.7 (−11.7, 29.1) | 0.213 |
| Mental health | |||||||||
| Per protocol | |||||||||
| Stress | 7.4 ± 1.8 | 6.0 ± 1.3 | 7.3 ± 1.2 | 8.9 ± 1.3 | 8.0 ± 1.0 | 8.6 ± 1.1 | 0.4 (−4.9, 5.8) | 0.9 (−2.2, 4.1) | 0.456 |
| Anxiety | 6.4 ± 1.6 | 3.7 ± 0.7 | 3.5 ± 0.6 | 5.0 ± 1.1 | 4.0 ± 0.6 | 5.4 ± 1.1 | −0.5 (−5.1, 4.1) | −2.6 (−5.6, 0.4) | 0.025 |
| Depression | 6.7 ± 1.6 | 3.8 ± 0.9 | 3.8 ± 0.7 | 5.1 ± 1.2 | 6.1 ± 1.0 | 7.6 ± 1.4 | −2.3 (−7.2, 2.6) | -−1.0 (−4.0, 1.9) | 0.031 |
Data are expressed as mean ± SD; mean difference (∆); 95% confidence interval (CI).
Bold values indicate significance at p < 0.05.
* p-value refers to the interaction effect of groups by the time of the generalized estimating equation model.
Abbreviations: HIIT, high-intensity interval training; HRQoL, health-related quality of life.