One-Year Follow-Up of Spa Treatment in Older Patients with Osteoarthritis: A Prospective, Single Group Study

Table 3

Quality of life of the study group.

Quality of life domains		Me	S	Min	Max
Physical
Assessment 1	59.5	60.7	10.9	35.7	85.7
Assessment 2	59.0	60.7	10.0	28.6	85.7
Assessment 3	60.9	60.7	7.6	42.9	78.6
Assessment 2 versus assessment 1 (p = .573)	-0.5	0.0	10.6	-21.4	25.0
Assessment 3 versus assessment 2 (p = .138)	1.9	0.0	9.2	-25.0	32.1
Assessment 3 versus assessment 1 (p = .297)	1.4	0.0	10.3	-21.4	28.6
Psychological
Assessment 1	67.1	66.7	12.4	41.7	91.7
Assessment 2	67.5	68.8	11.3	37.5	87.5
Assessment 3	69.0	70.8	9.7	41.7	83.3
Assessment 2 versus assessment 1 (p = .548)	0.4	0.0	9.0	-20.8	16.7
Assessment 3 versus assessment 2 (p = .232)	1.5	0.0	11.2	-33.3	41.7
Assessment 3 versus assessment 1 (p = .164)	2.0	4.2	13.0	-37.5	33.3
Social relationships
Assessment 1	76.1	75.0	17.1	41.7	100.0
Assessment 2	77.5	83.3	16.4	41.7	100.0
Assessment 3	81.1	83.3	14.7	25.0	100.0
Assessment 2 versus assessment 1 (p = .455)	1.4	0.0	12.3	-33.3	33.3
Assessment 3 versus assessment 2 (p = .025)	3.6	0.0	11.1	-16.7	33.3
Assessment 3 versus assessment 1 (p = .011)	5.0	0.0	14.3	-33.3	41.7
Environment
Assessment 1	71.3	71.9	13.5	37.5	100.0
Assessment 2	73.3	73.4	12.9	31.3	100.0
Assessment	79.4	81.3	9.8	40.6	96.9
Assessment 2 versus assessment 1 (p = .186)	2.0	0.0	12.1	-25.0	31.3
Assessment 3 versus assessment 2 (p < .001)	6.2	6.3	10.0	-18.8	37.5
Assessment 3 versus assessment 1 (p < .001)	8.1	6.3	12.8	-15.6	50.0

p is the probability value calculated using the Wilcoxon test.