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Table 3 Comparison of the QOL-ACD total score and mean score for each subscale before each courses in both groups

			Before 1st course		Before 2nd course		Before 3rd course		The difference between 1st course
	Existence of intervention	n	(A)	P	(B)	P	(C)	P	(B) - (A)	P	(C) - (A)	P
Total score	Non intervention	19	88.16 ± 13.40	0.396	84.58 ± 16.43	0.380	85.26 ± 15.17	0.569	3.58 ± 10.73	0.163	2.90 ± 7.49	0.087
Total score	Intervention	20	91.55 ± 9.69		89.60 ± 11.45		88.45 ± 10.85		1.95 ± 8.22	0.302	3.10 ± 7.53	0.100
Mean score of subscales
Activity	Non Intervention	19	4.61 ± 0.66	0.607	4.03 ± 0.96	0.351	4.21 ± 0.77	0.879	3.53 ± 5.33	0.011*	2.42 ± 4.36	0.021*
Activity	Intervention	20	4.80 ± 0.57		4.29 ± 0.76		4.26 ± 0.69		3.05 ± 3.41	0.003*	3.25 ± 3.61	0.002*
Physical condition	Non intervention	19	4.33 ± 0.69	0.857	4.03 ± 0.79	0.879	4.07 ± 0.74	0.792	1.84 ± 4.40	0.066	1.58 ± 3.15	0.086
Physical condition	Intervention	20	4.43 ± 0.50		4.14 ± 0.50		4.15 ± 0.49		1.75 ± 2.85	0.017*	1.70 ± 3.15	0.027*
Psychological condition	Non intervention	19	3.94 ± 0.67	0.647	3.81 ± 0.83	0.607	3.75 ± 0.87	0.647	0.63 ± 2.48	0.466	0.95 ± 2.76	0.267
Psychological condition	Intervention	20	4.05 ± 0.64		3.92 ± 0.77		3.89 ± 0.63		0.65 ± 3.57	0.568	0.80 ± 3.29	0.362
Social relationships	Non intervention	19	2.32 ± 0.91	0.496	2.75 ± 0.73	0.057	2.68 ± 0.71	0.184	−2.16 ± 2.97	0.009*	−1.84 ± 3.11	0.023*
Social relationships	Intervention	20	2.45 ± 0.83		3.15 ± 0.62		2.96 ± 0.69		−3.50 ± 4.50	0.003	−2.55 ± 4.42	0.025

Mann-Whitney’s U-test: Comparison of both groups in each course, Wilcoxon signed-rank test: Comparison of scores within group, * P < 0.05, mean ± standard deviation

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