Subjective wellbeing at baseline (median (10th–90th centile)) and 17 week changes (mean (SD)) according to type of intervention in frail Dutch older people (n=139)
| Exercise (groups a+c) (n=67) | No exercise (groups b+d) (n=72) | Enriched foods (groups b+c) (n=70) | Regular foods (groups a+d) (n=69) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers vary slightly because of missing data. Higher SSWO scores indicate greater wellbeing. | ||||
| SSWO, Dutch Scale of Subjective Wellbeing for Older Persons. | ||||
| SSWO scores (0–20) | ||||
| Health | 16 (2–20) | 16 (2–20) | 16 (2–20) | 16 (2–20) |
| change | 0.0 (4.3) | −1.0 (5.3) | −0.3 (5.1) | −0.6 (4.6) |
| Self respect | 16 (7–19) | 16 (9–20) | 16 (7–19) | 16 (9–20) |
| change | −0.2 (2.8) | −0.1 (2.7) | −0.5 (2.9) | 0.2 (2.6) |
| Morale | 15 (7–20) | 17 (8–20) | 17 (8–20) | 17 (7–20) |
| change | 0.6 (3.0) | 0.1 (3.0) | 0.2 (3.1) | 0.5 (2.9) |
| Optimism | 13 (4–17) | 10 (4–17) | 10 (4–17) | 13 (6–17) |
| change | −0.6 (3.3) | −0.5 (2.8) | −0.6 (2.8) | −0.5 (3.4) |
| Contacts | 12 (4–18) | 12 (4–20) | 11 (4–17) | 12 (4–20) |
| change | 0.1 (4.0) | 0.4 (4.3) | 0.4 (3.8) | 0.1 (4.4) |
| Sum score | 13 (7–17) | 13 (8–17) | 13 (7–17) | 14 (8–18) |
| change | 0.0 (2.0) | −0.1 (1.9) | −0.1 (2.0) | 0.0 (1.9) |
| % low SSWO | 37 | 32 | 37 | 32 |
| change | −6 | 7 | – | 1 |