2.3. Measurements
anxiety/depression, pain
For outcome measurements, all subjects were evaluated first after hospital discharge (T0) and then immediately after the 6-month intervention (T1). All assessments were conducted by the same medical doctor and professional PA therapist in the hospital. The main outcome was published in a previous study (Papier TICADOM). In this paper, we appraised the effect of the program on QOL as evaluated with EQ-5D-5L at T1. EQ-5D-5L is a standardized questionnaire that measures health status through five dimensions: mobility, self-care, usual activities, pain and discomfort, and anxiety/depression. For each of the dimensions, there are five levels coded from 1 to 5; by combining the 5 dimensions, a 5-digit number is obtained, ranging from 11,111 (no problem) to 55,555 (extreme problem). The number corresponding to health status was then converted into an index value, and delta EQ-5D-5L between T0 and T1 was calculated [