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Table 6 HRQoL measures for the general population in Sweden and HRQoL measures for physical service dog owners and diabetes alert dog owners at baseline and follow-up

From: The impact of service and hearing dogs on health-related quality of life and activity level: a Swedish longitudinal intervention study

Instrument

n

General populationa (40-49 years)

Baseline (SD)

Follow-up (SD)

Diff.

p-value

Cohen's db

Physical service dogs

 

 EQ-5D single index

29

0.86

0.266 (0.323)

0.351 (0.282)

0.086

0.201

0.243

 EQ-VAS

29

87

52.97 (22.301)

60.93 (17.625)

7.966

0.058

0.367

 SF-6D

28

0.79

0.590 (0.093)

0.610 (0.088)

0.020

0.282

0.208

Diabetes alert dog

 

 EQ-5D single index

19

0.86

0.656 (0.277)

0.674 (0.336)

0.017

0.741

0.077

 EQ-VAS

19

87

56.00 (20.685)

63.89 (23.120)

7.895

0.075

0.434

 SF-6D

19

0.79

0.699 (0.143)

0.719 (0.143)

0.020

0.424

0.188

  1. aGeneral population: index n=588 [22], VAS n=556 [22], SF-6D n=22 166 [23] bCohen’s d values: Small=0.2-0.5; Medium=0.5-0.8; Large>0.8