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Table 3 Health status (as measure by the SF-39): estimated marginal means for baseline and eighteen weeks by group and estimated change within and between groups

From: The effect of a sports chiropractic manual therapy intervention on the prevention of back pain, hamstring and lower limb injuries in semi-elite Australian Rules footballers: a randomized controlled trial

Variable

Baseline

18 weeks

Δ within groups

Δ between groups

  

intervention

control

intervention

control

intervention

control

mean

p-value

Physical functioning

% at 100

65.50

60.00

55.60

33.30

-2.412

-4.262

1.852

.569

 

95%CI

48.20, 82.80

42.47, 77.53

36.86, 74.34

15.52, 51.08

-5.72, 0.90

-11.59, 3.07

-6.08, 9.79

 

Role limitation-physical

% at 100

72.40

80.00

85.20

40.70

9.262

-18.522

27.782

.004

 

95%CI

56.13, 88.67

65.69, 94.31

71.81, 98.59

22.17, 59.23

-2.43, 20.94

-31.84, -5.20

10.48, 45.08

 

Bodily pain

Mean

69.67

72.56

74.22

65.26

4.56

-7.30

11.85

.034

 

95%CI

63.68, 75.66

66.57, 78.55

67.43, 81.01

58.47, 72.05

-4.09, 13.21

-14.36, -0.24

0.95, 22.75

 

General health

Mean

81.30

79.00

83.96

74.52

2.67

-4.48

7.15

.027

 

95%CI

76.51, 86.08

74.22, 83.78

78.51, 89.42

69.06, 79.97

-2.53, 7.86

-10.27, 1.31

-0.45, 14.74

 

Vitality

Mean

60.37

61.11

67.04

59.44

6.67

-1.67

8.33

.050

 

95%CI

53.90, 66.84

54.64, 67.59

61.67, 72.40

54.08, 64.81

-0.57, 13.90

-9.15, 5.81

-1.83, 18.49

 

Social functioning

% at 100

51.70

53.30

58.10

44.40

0.462

-5.092

5.562

.770

 

95%CI

33.51, 69.89

35.45, 71.15

39.49, 76.71

25.66, 63.14

-4.76, 5.68

-11.56, 1.38

-2.56, 13.67

 

Role limitation-emotional

% at 100

75.90

83.30

92.60

66.70

8.642

-6.172

14.812

.142

 

95%CI

60.33, 91.47

69.95, 96.65

82.73, 102.47

48.92, 84.48

-0.75, 18.03

-16.54, 4.20

1.16, 28.47

 

Mental health

Mean

77.63

77.93

76.59

71.11

-1.04

-6.81

5.78

.151

 

95%CI

72.50, 82.76

72.80, 83.06

71.61, 81.57

66.13, 76.09

-6.60, 4.52

-12.78, -0.85

-2.18, 13.74

 

Physical summary score

Mean

52.66

52.03

53.80

49.06

1.15

-2.97

4.12

.013

 

95%CI

50.63, 54.68

50.00, 54.06

51.76, 55.85

47.01, 51.10

-1.14, 3.43

-5.36, -0.58

0.89, 7.35

 

Mental summary score

Mean

50.04

50.55

51.41

48.48

1.37

-2.07

3.45

.103

 

95%CI

47.21, 52.87

47.72, 53.38

49.00, 53.83

46.06, 50.89

-1.38, 4.12

-5.34, 1.19

-0.72, 7.61

 

Depression

% at 100

58.60

73.30

85.20

59.30

9.892

-3.702

13.592

.050

 

95%CI

40.67, 76.53

57.47, 89.13

71.81, 98.59

40.77, 77.83

1.87, 17.90

-12.15, 4.74

2.23, 24.96

 
  1. * Bold type face indicates significant difference between groups at 18 weeks.