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Table 4 Changes in IBS-QOL total score from baseline in quake-unaffected areas or quake-affected areas and no-education or education group at years of 2010, 2011,2013 and 2015

From: Health education program improves QOL in students with irritable bowel syndrome after the Wenchuan earthquake: a five-year multi-center study

 

No-education group

Education group

t

P

n

Mean

SD

n

Mean

SD

Quake-unaffected areas

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2010)

61

52.27

5.55

61

51.43

1.33

1.15

0.26

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2011)

60

62.06

3.11

61

74.12

1.79

−26.27

< 0.01*

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2013)

56

73.62

1.63

59

84.80

1.26

−42.38

< 0.01*

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2015)

52

80.53

1.43

57

93.67

1.17

−55.45

< 0.01*

Quake-affected areas

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2010)

217

51.02

2.37

216

50.64

1.66

1.98

> 0.05

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2011)

212

62.60

2.80

214

75.08

3.87

−38.85

< 0.01*

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2013)

192

64.85

2.30

197

85.23

1.94

−101.76

< 0.01*

 IBS-QOL Total Score(2015)

176

64.23

1.96

186

93.80

1.33

−188.10

< 0.01*

  1. *represents that the difference is statistically significant