Research Article
Effects of a Health Promotion Program Based on a Train-the-Trainer Approach on Quality of Life and Mental Health of Long-Term Unemployed Persons
Table 2
Changes in health-related quality of life (SF-12) and mental health (HADS) after three months.
| | Variable |
Program
IG: n = 179
CG: n = 108 | Within-group time effects |
Significance of group and time effects
(random effects model) | | Baseline (T1) | After intervention (T2)
(+3 months) | Significance of within-group time effect (random effects model) | Effect size | Group effect | Time effect | Group-by-time effect | | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | value(1) | Cohen’s
(95% CI) | value(1) | value(1) | value(1) |
| Health-related quality of
life (SF-12) | | | | | | | | | | PCS (SF-12) | IG
CG | 45.0 (9.7)
43.8 (10.3) | 46.6 (10.3)
44.2 (9.5) | 0.0092
0.6133 | 0.19 (0.04, 0.34)
0.05 (−0.14, 0.24) | 0.1035 | 0.0453 | 0.2265 | | MCS (SF-12) | IG
CG | 42.0 (11.5)
45.1 (11.4) | 45.3 (11.2)
46.2 (12.1) | <0.0001
0.2682 | 0.31 (0.16, 0.46)
0.11 (−0.08, 0.30) | 0.1143 | 0.0006 | 0.0894 |
| | Mental health (HADS) | | | | | | | | | | Depression HADS summary score | IG
CG | 6.6 (4.4)
6.3 (4.2) | 5.8 (4.2)
6.1 (4.4) | 0.0012
0.5732 | −0.25 (−0.40, −0.09)
−0.06 (−0.25, 0.13) | 0.9337 | 0.0144 | 0.1169 | Anxiety HADS
summary score | IG
CG | 7.7 (4.3)
7.0 (4.2) | 6.7 (4.3)
7.1 (4.8) | 0.0001
0.8688 | −0.33 (−0.48, −0.18)
0.01 (−0.18, 0.20) | 0.6911 | 0.0237 | 0.0118 |
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(1)Unadjusted random effects model; potential effect modifiers were examined in separate subgroup analyses.
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