The effect of education and supervised exercise on physical activity, pain, quality of life and self-efficacy - an intervention study with a reference group

Table 4 Median (IQR) of VAS/pain, EQ-5D-index, ASES/pain and ASES/other symptoms, from baseline to three-month follow-up and 12-month follow-up

	Intervention group	P	Reference group	P
	Median (IQR)	P	Median (IQR)	P
VAS/pain
Baseline	51 (36–62) n = 195		60 (50–70) n = 69
3 months	37 (21–54) n = 169	< 0.001 ^*	62 (37–71) n = 49	0.668
12 months	38 (21–57) n = 127	< 0.001 ^*		0.668
EQ-5D
Baseline	0.73 (0.62–0.80) n = 193		0.66 (0.16–0.73) n = 69
3 months	0.73 (0.69–0.80) n = 169	< 0.001 ^*	0.52 (0.09–0.73) n = 49	0.177
12 months	0.73 (0.69–0.80) n = 127	0.009 ^*
ASES/other
Baseline	68 (53–80) n = 193		61 (48–70) n = 69
3 months	76 (61–86) n = 169	< 0.001 ^*	56 (46–81) n = 47	0.937
12 months	71 (55–83) n = 125	0.409
ASES/pain
Baseline	60 (46–76) n = 193		46 (38–62) n = 69
3 months	74 (56–86) n = 169	< 0.001 ^*	50 (32–70) n = 47	0.391
12 months	68 (46–84) n = 123	0.109

MVP = moderate-vigorous physical activity. Wilcoxon Signed-Rank test were used, and p-value were calculated from baseline to three-month follow-up and baseline to 12-month follow-up
^*P < 0.05

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