Skip to main content

Table 2 Test results and differences of test results between HG and NG before and after treatments

From: Effects of intermittent hypoxia-hyperoxia on mobility and perceived health in geriatric patients performing a multimodal training intervention: a randomized controlled trial

 

Hypoxic group (n = 18)

Normoxic group (n = 16)

Hypoxic group (n = 18)

Normoxic group (n = 16)

p-value

Pre Post

Pre Post

Delta Pre-Post

Delta Pre-Post

between groups

EQ-VAS (0–100)

56.11 (11.95) 77.39 (11.1)

52.38 (13.48) 70.13 (8.88)

+ 21.28 (+ 37.9%)

+ 17.75 (+ 33.9%)

0.24

TMT (0–28)

17.56 (6.08) 20.17 (4.88)

18.19 (4.59) 21 (4.29)

+ 2.61 (+ 14.9%)

+ 2.81 (+ 15.4%)

0.25

TUG (seconds)

21.13 (8.62) 17.71 (6.86)

24.14 (17.05) 17,79 (6,08)

−4.44 (−21%)

−6.35 (−26.3%)

0.51

Barthel Index (0–100)

86.94 (15.06) 90.56 (9.84)

86.56 (11.21) 89.69 (8.65)

+ 3.61 (+ 4.2%)

+ 3.13 (+ 3.6%)

0.56

  1. Data are means (SD); Abbreviations: EQ VAS visual analogue scale of the EQ-5D Test, TMT Tinetti Mobility Test, TUG Timed-Up-and-Go-Test (2 missing values in NG); normal distribution was tested with Kolmogoroff-Smirnov test; p-value: the significance was calculated with the t-test