Long-Term Weight Maintenance after a 17-Week Weight Loss Intervention with or without a One-Year Maintenance Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Table 4

Mean quality of life scores (SD) in Group 1 (17-week program) and Group 2 (17-week program with one-year maintenance) during the trial.

Quality of life measure	Group 1		Group 2
					Group × time effect
General health
Baseline		50.6 (17.0)		54.7 (15.6)	0.27
Week 69	50	54.1 (21.9)	38	64.3 (17.8)
Week 121		50.9 (21.8)		57.4 (21.2)
Physical functioning
Baseline		61.4 (23.8)		69.9 (18.6)	0.82
Week 69	49	73.2 (25.0)	38	83.3 (16.9)
Week 121		70.6 (24.9)		78.4 (21.1)
Physical role functioning
Baseline		53.1 (44.0)		68.4 (39.3)	0.94
Week 69	48	63.4 (43.1)	38	77.6 (35.3)
Week 121		55.0 (42.1)		72.1 (40.6)
Bodily pain
Baseline		61.0 (28.2)		69.4 (25.8)	0.99
Week 69	49	65.2 (28.8)	38	74.3 (26.2)
Week 121		59.5 (28.4)		68.4 (29.8)
Energy
Baseline		58.2 (20.8)		65.9 (19.0)	0.54
Week 69	48	56.8 (23.3)	38	69.3 (20.4)
Week 121		56.0 (23.1)		66.1 (20.2)
Social functioning
Baseline		80.4 (24.7)		84.2 (17.4)	0.09
Week 69	49	74.7 (26.7)	38	86.5 (21.6)
Week 121		71.9 (27.4)		85.9 (19.3)
Emotional role functioning
Baseline		63.5 (42.8)		84.7 (29.0)	0.76
Week 69	47	61.7 (45.0)	37	87.4 (27.6)
Week 121		61.7 (42.8)		81.1 (32.9)
Mental health
Baseline		75.7 (16.8)		79.2 (17.0)	0.22
Week 69	47	71.1 (22.2)	38	81.2 (16.9)
Week 121		71.1 (21.2)		77.9 (19.4)