|
SF-36 scale
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Wait-list control arm (n = 55)
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Art therapy arm (n = 56)
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Change over the 8-week period
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Difference in change (Art therapy–wait-list control) over an 8 week period (95 % CI)
|
|---|
|
Week 0
|
Week 8
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Week 0
|
Week 8
|
Wait-list control
|
Art therapy
|
|---|
|
Physical functioning
|
64.37
|
64.42
|
58.23
|
65.01
|
0.05
|
6.78
|
6.73 (−13.8, 0.37)
|
|
Social functioning
|
60.04
|
64.91
|
51.22
|
66.60
|
4.87
|
15.38
|
10.51 (−20.9, −0.10)
|
|
Physical rolea
|
0.00
|
25.00
|
0.00
|
50.00
|
25.00
|
50.00
|
0.00
|
|
Emotional role
|
33.33
|
66.67
|
33.33
|
66.67
|
33.34
|
33.34
|
0.00
|
|
Mental health
|
64.91
|
67.07
|
56.90
|
69.95
|
2.16
|
13.05
|
10.89 (−16.8, −4.96)
|
|
Vitality
|
42.63
|
42.91
|
40.26
|
50.06
|
0.28
|
9.80
|
9.52 (−16.7, −2.37)
|
|
Bodily pain
|
58.14
|
58.74
|
54.23
|
60.14
|
0.60
|
5.91
|
5.31 (−14.1, 3.50)
|
|
General health
|
55.78
|
55.19
|
47.13
|
55.09
|
−0.59
|
7.96
|
8.56 (−14.8, −2.29)
|
- aFor discussion of the inconsistency in this scale see main text
