Table 2 Changes in Process Variables for Intervention and Comparison Participants in an Intensive Randomized Exercise Intervention Trial
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 | |
Perceived stress | |||||
Between Groups | 0.98 | 0.36 | |||
Within Intervention (N = 87) | 79.38 (16.95) | 78.59 (17.04) | 0.63 | 78.13 (18.20) | 0.53 |
Within Control (N = 86) | 78.42 (16.03) | 77.53 (15.28) | 0.64 | 79.39 (16.02) | 0.50 |
Social support – overall | |||||
Between Groups | 0.23 | 0.37 | |||
Within Intervention (N = 87) | 80.26 (19.83) | 78.74 (21.46) | 0.37 | 79.49 (20.78) | 0.72 |
Within Control (N = 86) | 75.62 (23.94) | 76.70 (20.03) | 0.43 | 77.08 (20.08) | 0.35 |
Social support – tangible | |||||
Between Groups | 0.30 | 0.40 | |||
Within Intervention (N = 87) | 80.03 (25.89) | 76.72 (26.49) | 0.17 | 79.42 (25.64) | 0.79 |
Within Control (N = 86) | 74.71 (27.98) | 74.55 (25.41) | 0.93 | 76.64 (24.45) | 0.36 |
Social support – affection | |||||
Between Groups | 0.06 | 0.04 | |||
Within Intervention (N = 86) | 83.14 (26.41) | 80.75 (27.41) | 0.46 | 79.88 (27.90) | 0.29 |
Within Control (N = 86) | 79.65 (28.57) | 84.23 (23.85) | 0.04 | 84.23 (23.54) | 0.05 |
Social support – emotional | |||||
Between Groups | 0.63 | 0.97 | |||
Within Intervention (N = 87) | 79.41 (23.11) | 78.54 (22.79) | 0.65 | 79.47 (23.28) | 0.86 |
Within Control (N = 86) | 74.13 (27.86) | 74.31 (24.92) | 0.81 | 74.60 (25.21) | 0.79 |
Knee pain | |||||
Between Groups | 0.50 | 0.91 | |||
Within Intervention (N = 86) | 85.27 (20.84) | 78.16 (27.76) | <0.01 | 76.83 (29.49) | 0.02 |
Within Control (N = 86) | 81.78 (23.24) | 76.98 (28.33) | 0.11 | 73.41 (32.22) | 0.01 |