Table 4 Mean Change in SarQol and other measures between baseline and follow-up
A. By global change in overall fitness | ||||||
Worse (n = 30) | Slightly worse (n = 25) | About the same (n = 46) | Slightly better (n = 5) | Better (n = 11) | Any improvement (n = 16) | |
Overall SarQoL | −8.5 (15.9) | −0.5 (16.0) | −0.3 (12.3) | 21.3 (19.0) | 14.4 (17.0) | 16.6 (17.3) |
Physical and mental health | −6.2 (20.4) | 2.4 (19.0) | 5.8 (17.5) | 32.7 (13.1) | 17.4 (18.4) | 22.1 (18.0) |
Locomotion | −7.8 (23.7) | −0.5 (19.2) | −4.3 (23.1) | 25.0 (31.7) | 16.4 (23.5) | 19.1 (25.5) |
Body composition | −3.9 (22.5) | 4.1 (22.1) | 12.4 (25.6) | 22.5 (12.0) | 14.0 (20.1) | 16.7 (18.0) |
Functionality | −7.4 (15.5) | −0.7 (17.1) | − 0.9 (11.4) | 15.5 (25.5) | 14.7 (14.9) | 14.9 (17.9) |
Activities of daily living | −11.9 (17.2) | −0.9 (19.4) | −4.5 (14.9) | 20.5 (17.7) | 12.0 (22.3) | 14.7 (20.8) |
Leisure activities | −11.6 (29.3) | 0.7 (17.0) | 6.9 (21.8) | 20.0 (13.9) | 12.1 (19.8) | 14.5 (18.1) |
Fears | −6.7 (22.9) | 3.5 (29.9) | 4.9 (32.2) | 7.5 (30.1) | 6.8 (32.8) | 7.0 (30.9) |
SARC-F | 0.83 (1.49) | 0.28 (1.99) | −0.07 (1.67) | −1.00 (2.12) | −1.64 (1.69) | −1.44 (1.79) |
B. By global change in overall quality of life | ||||||
Worse (n = 26) | Slightly worse (n = 15) | About the same (n = 63) | Slightly better (n = 3) | Better (n = 10) | Any improvement (n = 13) | |
Overall SarQoL | −7.6 (17.5) | −5.1 (11.8) | 2.7 (15.2) | 5.3 (5.0) | 10.5 (18.1) | 9.3 (15.9) |
Physical and mental health | −6.0 (22.1) | −3.0 (19.2) | 7.6 (17.7) | 18.5 (22.2) | 16.3 (21.1) | 16.8 (20.4) |
Locomotion | −8.4 (26.5) | −11.0 (15.0) | −0.3 (24.0) | 5.6 (12.7) | 12.9 (25.6) | 11.2 (23.0) |
Body composition | −3.0 (25.8) | −1.9 (18.5) | 11.5 (24.2) | 16.7 (7.2) | 15.8 (19.8) | 16.0 (17.4) |
Functionality | −6.4 (17.0) | −5.0 (15.2) | 1.5 (15.0) | −1.1 (14.2) | 11.1 (16.3) | 8.3 (16.2) |
Activities of daily living | −13.2 (18.5) | −3.8 (18.8) | 0.4 (18.0) | −1.0 (11.5) | 4.9 (20.4) | 3.6 (18.4) |
Leisure activities | −10.9 (30.8) | 0.0 (15.4) | 5.0 (21.2) | 27.7 (9.6) | 10.0 (22.4) | 14.1 (21.3) |
Fears | −9.6 (19.8) | −1.7 (29.8) | 7.7 (31.1) | 0.0 (25.0) | 1.3 (36.1) | 1.0 (32.9) |
SARC-F | 0.60 (1.65) | 0.33 (2.22) | −0.08 (1.60) | 2.33 (1.53) | −1.70 (1.83) | −0.77 (2.45) |