Empowerment and enablement and their associations with change in health-related quality of life after a supported osteoarthritis self-management programme – a prospective observational study

Table 2 Descriptive data on health-related quality of life measured with the EQ-5D-5L index and the EQ VAS at baseline, 3- and 9-months follow-up and the mean change in the EQ-5D-5L index and the EQ VAS from baseline to 3- and 9-months follow-up

	Baseline (n=119)	3 months follow-up (n=109)	9 months follow-up (n=119)	Mean change baseline to 3 months (n=109)	95% CI^c	p-value^d	d ^e	Mean change baseline to 9 months (n=119)	95% CI^c	p-value^d	d^e
Mean (SD)
EQ-5D-5L^a	.810 (.128)	.852 (.118)	.832 (.127)	.040	.02, .06	≤.001	.43	.022	.00, .04	.041	.19
EQ VAS^b	68.9 (19.2)	72.7 (19.4)	71.9 (17.2)	3.5	.97, 6.1	.007	.26	3.0	-.04, 6.0	.053	.18

^atotal score range 0–1
^btotal score range 0–100
^cCI= confidence interval for mean change baseline to 3 and 9 months respectively
^dsignificance level p<.05, p-value for mean change baseline to 3 and 9 months respectively analysed with paired sample t-test
^e d= Cohen´s d (effect size)

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