Table 3 |
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Differences between lifestyle physical activity (LPA) and fibromyalgia education (FME) groups on the primary and secondary study measuresa |
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Variable |
Mean ± SD |
Mean difference between groups at baseline and at 12-weeks (95% CI) |
P Value |
Cohen's d |
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N |
LPA |
FME |
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FM impact questionnaire |
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Baseline |
84 |
67.5 ± 12.0 |
69.7 ± 13.4 |
2.2 (-3.3 to 7.8) |
0.424 |
.17 |
|
Post intervention |
73 |
56.7 ± 20.6 |
67.0 ± 18.6 |
10.2 (.91 to 19.6) |
0.032 |
.53 |
|
Pain |
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Baseline |
84 |
54.6 ± 25.6 |
58.9 ± 25.0 |
4.3 (-7.2 to 14.9) |
0.489 |
.17 |
|
Post intervention |
73 |
46.3 ± 24.2 |
62.4 ± 24.5 |
16.1 (4.6 to 27.5) |
0.006 |
.67 |
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Fatigue severity scale |
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Baseline |
84 |
51.9 ± 9.3 |
52.3 ± 9.1 |
.4 (-3.6 to 4.4) |
0.843 |
.04 |
|
Post intervention |
73 |
50.6 ± 9.9 |
51.4 ± 10.1 |
.8 (-3.9 to 5.5) |
0.727 |
.07 |
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CES-D* |
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Baseline |
84 |
23.4 ± 8.6 |
24.0 ± 10 |
.6 (-3.8 to 4.5) |
0.798 |
.06 |
|
Post intervention |
73 |
21.6 ± 9.8 |
21.2 ± 11.3 |
.4 (-5.3 to 4.6) |
0.888 |
.04 |
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Number of tender points |
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Baseline |
84 |
16.2 ± 2.3 |
16.1 ± 3.2 |
.1 (-1.2 to 1.0) |
0.979 |
.03 |
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Post intervention |
72 |
16.0 ± 2.3 |
16.8 ± 2.0 |
.8 (-.35 to 1.9) |
0.172 |
.37 |
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Body mass index (BMI) |
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Baseline |
82 |
31.4 ± 8.4 |
29.8 ± 6.2 |
1.6 (-4.7 to 1.7) |
0.360 |
.22 |
|
Post intervention |
60 |
31.0 ± 9.0 |
29.9 ± 6.2 |
1.1 (-5.3 to 2.9) |
0.575 |
.14 |
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Six-minute walk test, yd/sec |
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Baseline |
77 |
1.08 ± 0.15 |
1.08 ± 0.19 |
.0004 (-0.78 to 0.79) |
0.991 |
0 |
|
Post intervention |
62 |
1.24 ± 0.28 |
1.11 ± 0.20 |
1.21 (-0.25 to 0.008) |
0.067 |
.53 |
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* Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale; a between-subjects t-tests were used to derive P values; bCohen's d [19] effect size estimates (d = .20 (small effect); d = .50 (medium effect); d = .80 (large effect)). FME, fibromyalgia education; LPA, lifestyle physical activity |
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Fontaine et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2010 12:R55 doi:10.1186/ar2967 |
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