Changes of Motivational Variables in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis in an Exercise Intervention: Associations between Physical Performance and Motivational Determinants

Table 2

Means (M), standard deviations (SD), and median (Mdn.) of motivational variables of the groups for pre- and posttreatment assessments.

		Training				Control			value at baseline	value of response
		M	SD	Mdn.		M	SD	Mdn.
TTM pre.	27	2.82	1.57	2.00	9	2.44	1.13	2.00	.815	.016
TTM post.	26	3.65	1.26	4.00	8	2.00	1.31	2.00
Self-efficacy pre.	29	4.18	1.11	4.30	8	3.96	1.58	4.33	.959	.014
Self-efficacy post.	25	4.34	1.46	4.70	8	2.42	1.36	2.00
Barriers pre.	27	1.91	0.48	1.80	8	2.00	0.78	2.15	.665	.570
Barriers post.	26	1.69	0.35	1.70	8	2.03	0.53	1.98
Counterstrategies pre.	22	0.61	0.24	0.65	8	0.59	0.25	0.55	.653	.080
Counterstrategies post.	23	0.59	0.27	0.50	8	0.38	0.21	0.35
Social support pre.	28	2.16	0.78	2.00	8	2.05	0.56	2.05	.818	.155
Social support post.	25	2.43	0.76	2.60	8	1.79	0.65	1.75

Note. TTM: transtheoretical model, significant values (). : Mann-Whitney test.