The quality of life scores were generally low in the intervention and control groups.
As regards AQoL, for Melbourne, the mean scores at baseline for the intervention group were:
psychological wellbeing 0.77;
physical senses 0.90;
social relationships 0.79;
independent living 0.44; and
overall quality of life 0.28.
For the control group the scores were:
psychological wellbeing 0.77;
physical senses 0.86;
social relationships 0.73;
independent living 0.41, and
overall quality of life 0.23.
The change of the scores at follow-up was small in both groups (within the range -0.01 and 0.02) and was not statistically different.
A similar pattern was observed in Ballarat, where the mean scores at baseline for the intervention group were:
psychological wellbeing 0.83;
physical senses 0.92;
social relationships 0.87;
independent living 0.49; and
overall quality of life 0.20.
For the control group the scores were:
psychological wellbeing 0.76;
physical senses 0.87;
social relationships 0.77;
independent living 0.42; and
overall quality of life 0.17.
Similarly, the change of the scores at follow-up was small in both groups (within the range -0.01 and 0.02) and was not statistically significant.
The SF-36 instrument led to inconsistent results for some specific health status dimensions, thus results were not shown, although the authors stated that the few statistically significant differences observed favoured control patients.