1Associate Professor, Department of Nursing, Kyungbok College, Pocheon, Korea.
2Professor, College of Nursing, The Catholic University, Seoul, Korea.
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Homogeneity Test for Demographic and Clinical Characteristics in the Control and Experimental Groups
*Fisher's exact test.
Homogeneity Test for Physical Fitness and Health-related Quality of Life in the Control and Experimental Groups
VO2peak=peak oxygen uptake; VEpeak=peak minute ventilation; RRpeak=peak respiration rate; HRmax=maximal heart rate; PCS=physical component scale; MCS=mental component scale.
Changes of the Cardiopulmonary Function, Grip Strength, and Flexibility in Control and Experimental groups
*Paired t-test; †Independent t-test.
Cont.=control group (n=21); Exp.=experimental group (n=21); VO2peak=peak oxygen uptake; VEpeak=peak minute ventilation; RRpeak=peak respiration rate; HRmax=maximal heart rate.
Changes of the Quality of Life in Control and Experimental Groups
*Paired t-test; †Independent t-test.
Cont.=control group (n=21); Exp.=experimental group (n=21); PCS=physical component scale; MCS=mental component scale.
*Fisher's exact test.
VO2peak=peak oxygen uptake; VEpeak=peak minute ventilation; RRpeak=peak respiration rate; HRmax=maximal heart rate; PCS=physical component scale; MCS=mental component scale.
*Paired t-test; †Independent t-test. Cont.=control group (n=21); Exp.=experimental group (n=21); VO2peak=peak oxygen uptake; VEpeak=peak minute ventilation; RRpeak=peak respiration rate; HRmax=maximal heart rate.
*Paired t-test; †Independent t-test. Cont.=control group (n=21); Exp.=experimental group (n=21); PCS=physical component scale; MCS=mental component scale.