Time I | Time II | |||||||
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Interven. N = 98 | Control N = 53 | Diff. x̄ | p* | Interven. N = 98 | Control N = 53 | Diff. x̄ | p* | |
Patients with PND | x̄ (s) | x̄ (s) | x̄ (s) | x̄ (s) | ||||
Symptoms burden | 41.2 (16.2) | 43.4 (16.2) | 2.2 | 0.287 | 35.8 (15.7) | 46.3 (18.3) | 10.5 | < 0.001 |
Activities of daily living | 52.6 (21.9) | 52.2 (21.9) | −0.4 | 0.925 | 50.0 (19.9) | 51.7 (23.1) | 1.7 | 0.539 |
Emotional functioning | 40.9 (19.4) | 43.3 (16.7) | 2.4 | 0.282 | 33.9 (19.2) | 43.9 (17.7) | 10.0 | < 0.001 |
Social functioning | 47.1 (17.1) | 47.8 (16.8) | 0.7 | 0.874 | 43.5 (14.7) | 50.1 (17.3) | 6.6 | 0.046 |
Spiritual (nonreligious) | 50.2 (18.1) | 51.8 (19.0) | 1.6 | 0.873 | 46.6 (19.1) | 53.7 (19.2) | 7.1 | 0.050 |
Spiritual (religious) | 42.2 (15.6) | 43.2 (13.9) | 1.0 | 0.905 | 42.8 (14.6) | 45.3 (15.1) | 2.5 | 0.264 |
Global QoL | 4.5 (1.6) | 4.4 (1.6) | −0.1 | 0.834 | 5.3 (1.7) | 4.6 (1.9) | − 0.7 | 0.023 |
Global health | 4.2 (1.5) | 4.5 (1.7) | 0.3 | 0.351 | 4.9 (1.5) | 4.7 (1.8) | −0.2 | 0.410 |
Family caregivers N = 93 | N = 47 | N = 93 | N = 47 | |||||
Symptoms burden | 8.8 (7.7) | 9.4 (5.7) | 0.6 | 0.129 | 6.1 (6.8) | 9.4 (6.4) | 3.3 | < 0.001 |
Activities of daily living | 34.5 (25.6) | 27.1 (24.3) | −7.4 | 0.106 | 25.1 (22.4) | 23.2 (21.6) | −1.9 | 0.616 |
Emotional functioning | 31.6 (24.3) | 33.6 (18.3) | 2.0 | 0.294 | 25.5 (21.8) | 33.7 (20.2) | 8.2 | 0.016 |
Social functioning | 45.6 (19.6) | 40.5 (14.7) | −5.1 | 0.061 | 40.8 (17.7) | 41.7 (18.5) | 0.9 | 0.696 |
Spiritual (nonreligious) | 30.6 (20.7) | 30.8 (17.6) | 0.2 | 0.806 | 26.2 (20.4) | 32.4 (17.5) | 6.2 | 0.042 |
Spiritual (religious) | 38.7 (19.1) | 40.7 (15.5) | 2.0 | 0.996 | 40.0 (18.1) | 40.4 (17.0) | 0.4 | 0.969 |
Global QoL | 6.7 (2.3) | 6.2 (2.2) | −0.5 | 0.107 | 7.3 (2.0) | 6.3 (1.9) | −1.0 | 0.001 |
Global health | 6.9 (2.3) | 6.2 (2.2) | −0.7 | 0.063 | 7.4 (2.1) | 6.3 (1.9) | −1.1 | 0.002 |