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Distribution of selected SF-36 combined measures by group and time period. |
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| Baseline |
Study End (3 months) |
% change |
Unpaired ttest (df = 67) |
Paired ttest (df = 22) |
Paired ttest (df = 45) |
Unpaired ttest (df = 67) |
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| Item No. |
Description |
Control (n = 23) |
Intervention (n = 46) |
Control (n = 23) |
Intervention (n = 46) |
Control |
Intervention |
Baseline comparison |
Control change |
Intervention change |
3 month comparison |
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| mean (SD) |
mean (SD) |
mean (SD) |
mean (SD) |
t statistic |
t statistic |
t statistic |
t statistic |
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| GH |
General Health |
65.5 (22.4) |
67.8 (20.5) |
70.3 (22.0) |
73.8 (17.0) |
7.4 |
8.7 |
-0.44 |
-1.57 |
-2.33 |
-0.25 |
| V |
Vitality |
43.2 (23.5) |
48.4 (20.4) |
50.5 (19.0) |
62.1 (17.1) |
17.0 |
28.4 |
-0.94 |
-1.95 |
-4.44** |
-1.25 |
| SF |
Social Functioning |
63.6 (27.7) |
75.0 (25.4) |
81.0 (19.5) |
85.6 (17.7) |
27.4 |
14.1 |
-1.71 |
-3.35* |
-3.09 |
1.11 |
| RE |
Role Emotional |
77.5 (29.1) |
80.8 (23.8) |
80.4 (27.9) |
86.1 (19.5) |
3.7 |
6.5 |
-0.50 |
-0.56 |
-1.53 |
-0.39 |
| MH |
Mental Health |
62.8 (22.2) |
64.3 (20.5) |
67.8 (16.8) |
73.3 (15.8) |
8.0 |
13.9 |
-0.28 |
-1.78 |
-3.42* |
-0.93 |
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Mills et al. Journal of Circadian Rhythms 2007 5:2 doi:10.1186/1740-3391-5-2 |
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