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Table 1 Changes in Quality of Life for Intervention and Control Participants in an Intensive Exercise Intervention

From: Randomized trial of exercise in sedentary middle aged women: effects on quality of life

 

Baseline

3-month follow up

12-month follow up

 

Unadjusted (std. dev.)

Unadjusted (std. dev.)

P1

Unadjusted (std. dev.)

P1

Mental health†

     

Between Groups

  

< 0.01

 

0.15

Within Intervention (N = 86)

80.28 (15.21)

85.20 (11.03)

<0.01

83.27 (12.67)

0.08

Within Control (N = 85)

81.46 (11.95)

81.24 (12.32)

0.72

81.84 (11.51)

0.78

Anxiety

     

Between Groups

  

0.93

 

0.50

Within Intervention (N = 87)

94.49 (11.45)

95.31 (9.67)

0.28

94.36 (10.94)

0.99

Within Control (N = 86)

94.08 (7.41)

94.79 (9.37)

0.48

95.09 (8.16)

0.48

Depression

     

Between Groups

  

0.65

 

0.49

Within Intervention (N = 86)

93.56 (11.19)

94.88 (7.93)

0.25

94.31 (10.40)

0.38

Within Control (N = 86)

91.96 (9.63)

92.61 (8.52)

0.51

93.45 (8.03)

0.05

General health

     

Between Groups

  

<0.01

 

0.02

Within Intervention (N = 87)

79.95 (14.88)

86.12 (12.50)

<0.01

83.55 (13.56)

<0.01

Within Control (N = 86)

79.52 (11.83)

80.67 (13.41)

0.27

78.74 (14.08)

0.47

Physical functioning

     

Between Groups

  

0.07

 

<0.01

Within Intervention (N = 87)

85.86 (14.45)

87.41 (13.25)

0.28

88.60 (14.24)

0.13

Within Control (N = 86)

86.40 (11.55)

83.99 (16.07)

0.14

83.18 (15.49)

0.02

  1. 1P-values for each outcome correspond to (top to bottom) between groups differences and within groups change from the previous time point.
  2. †Higher scores indicate better state of being