Effects of a pain self-management intervention combining written and video elements on health-related quality of life among people with different levels of education

Figures & data

Figure 1 Study flowchart.

Table 1 Mean (standard deviation) health-related quality of life at baseline and follow-up among groups with different levels of education who received the booklet or booklet-plus-DVD

	Baseline			Follow-up
	Booklet only	Booklet-plus-DVD	All	Booklet only	Booklet-plus-DVD	All
High school-only education
Physical quality of life	27.46 (10.86)	28.59 (8.97)	28.17 (9.58)	29.97 (8.32)	29.62 (9.63)	29.75 (9.07)
Mental quality of life	43.31 (13.29)	44.11 (10.87)	43.82 (11.65)	41.17 (11.14)	47.39 (10.87)	45.11 (11.25)
Further education
Physical quality of life	29.14 (11.11)	26.39 (8.71)	27.80 (9.98)	29.76 (10.50)	26.82 (11.47)	28.32 (10.94)
Mental quality of life	45.57 (12.62)	46.85 (9.06)	46.19 (10.91)	46.29 (11.51)	48.07 (8.24)	47.16 (9.96)
Higher education
Physical quality of life	35.70 (10.50)	41.21 (11.81)	38.34 (11.29)	40.18 (9.80)	44.52 (14.21)	42.27 (12.09)
Mental quality of life	50.90 (13.39)	54.02 (7.97)	52.40 (11.02)	48.37 (15.20)	50.66 (10.80)	49.48 (13.07)

Figure 2 Changes in mental quality of life among participants with different levels of education.

Note: For participants with further and higher education, booklet and booklet-plus-DVD groups are combined for simplicity because they did not differ significantly.