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Table 2 Quality of life pretest and posttest for experimental and control groups

From: Keys to active ageing: new communication technologies and lifelong learning

Quality of life variables (CUBRECAVI)

Range of 1–4

Experimental group

Control group

Pretest

n = 112

Posttest

n = 112

Pre-post

Pretest

n = 72

Posttest

n = 72

Pre-post

M (SD)

M (SD)

Z

p

r

M (SD)

M (SD)

Z

p

r

Subjective health

2.79 (0.65)

3.11 (0.71)

−2.56

0.011*

−0.241

2.46 (0.89)

2.43 (0.85)

−1.00

0.317

−0.117

Objective health

3.20 (0.49)

3.42 (0.39)

−2.77

0.006**

−0.262

3.22 (0.52)

3.20 (0.51)

−1.16

0.244

−0.136

Mental health

2.90 (0.64)

3.11 (0.50)

−2.53

0.011*

−0.239

2.94 (0.56)

2.87 (0.58)

−1.16

0.246

−0.136

Health factor

2.97 (0.50)

3.21 (0.43)

−2.69

0.007**

−0.254

2.89 (0.58)

2.86 (0.56)

−1.96

0.051

−0.231

Social integration factor

3.10 (0.52)

3.25 (0.55)

−2.02

0.044*

−0.190

3.18 (0.66)

3.16 (0.70)

−0.53

0.599

−0.062

Functional skills factor

3.17 (0.89)

3.33 (0.75)

−2.49

0.013*

−0.235

3.23 (0.63)

3.21 (0.62)

−0.28

0.777

−0.033

Leisure and activity factor

2.54 (0.41)

2.69 (0.43)

−2.68

0.007**

−0.253

2.36 (0.37)

2.33 (0.36)

−0.51

0.610

−0.060

Environmental quality factor

2.88 (0.22)

2.94 (0.08)

−2.64

0.008**

−0.249

2.95 (0.10)

2.93 (0.10)

−1.83

0.067

−0.215

Satisfaction with life factor

3.14 (0.77)

3.58 (0.56)

−3.44

0.000***

−0.325

3.00 (0.71)

2.91 (0.69)

−1.34

0.180

−0.158

  1. Wilcoxon test for related samples
  2. * p ≤ 0.05; ** p ≤ 0.01; *** p ≤ 0.001