Physical Activity and Quality of Life in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Table 2
Relationship between quality of life survey scores and exercise levels.
Overall
Active group
Insufficiently active group
t-test
Mean score (SD)
Mean score (SD)
Mean score (SD)
value
()
()
()
PAT-D
26.83 (12.24)
24.35 (8.91)
30.03 (14.99)
0.0096
VFQ-25
Overall
49.77 (19.07)
53.32 (18.85)
45.12 (18.48)
0.0104
General vision
47.69 (25.33)
50.37 (26.29)
44.19 (23.79)
0.1491
Ocular pain
85.75 (19.21)
86.88 (19.95)
84.27 (18.24)
Near activities
46.50 (26.65)
51.49 (25.22)
39.98 (27.25)
Distance activities
40.88 (21.55)
44.86 (22.13)
35.69 (19.77)
Social functioning
54.54 (29.20)
55.86 (28.72)
52.82 (29.98)
Mental health
46.37 (25.59)
47.69 (25.07)
44.66 (26.37)
Role difficulties
57.69 (25.08)
60.34 (26.50)
54.23 (22.85)
Dependency
52.68 (30.52)
57.10 (30.45)
46.91 (29.88)
Driving
17.07 (28.28)
21.48 (31.40)
11.27 (22.56)
Color vision
64.78 (33.84)
73.77 (32.09)
52.87 (32.63)
0.0002
Peripheral vision
29.79 (26.88)
34.26 (28.63)
23.75 (23.21)
0.0212
SF-36
Physical component Summary
50.45 (10.59)
52.91 (8.84)
47.22 (11.82)
0.0022
Mental component Summary
51.38 (10.41)
51.11 (9.84)
51.73 (11.20)
0.7313
Physical functioning
84.11 (22.19)
90.06 (15.19)
76.31 (27.14)
0.0006
Role physical
75.18 (34.13)
80.00 (30.91)
68.85 (37.26)
Role emotional
86.76 (28.42)
87.08 (28.32)
86.34 (28.79)
Vitality
60.07 (21.06)
61.19 (20.32)
58.61 (22.08)
Mental health
77.84 (18.15)
78.94 (17.37)
76.39 (19.17)
Social functioning
85.46 (22.78)
87.50 (20.86)
82.79 (25.02)
0.2367
Bodily pain
80.14 (22.76)
85.13 (19.23)
73.61 (25.40)
General health
67.61 (22.28)
71.08 (21.69)
63.11 (22.40)
0.0365
values indicate comparisons between active and insufficiently active subjects. PAT-D: Pepper Assessment Tool for Disability; SD: standard deviation; SF-36: 36-Item Short Form Health Survey; VFQ-25: Visual Function Questionnaire-25.
