Category | Process | Description |
Treatment Group (n = 59) |
Control Group (n = 59) |
P-Value† | Test Statistics‡ |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Quality of life | Baseline | Mean ± SD | 94.32 ± 17.71 | 87.76 ± 18.56 | - | - |
Post-test | Mean ± SD | 93.69 ± 12.46 | 82.73 ± 19.57 | - | - | |
Difference§ (post-test minus baseline) | Mean ± SD | − 0.63 ± 17.26 | − 5.03 ± 15.78 | 0.0017 | 10.39 | |
Physical status | Baseline | Mean ± SD | 24.27 ± 4.85 | 23.19 ± 5.21 | - | - |
Post-test | Mean ± SD | 23.29 ± 3.68 | 20.59 ± 5.43 | - | - | |
Difference (post-test minus baseline) | Mean ± SD | − 0.98 ± 4.82 | − 2.59 ± 6.01 | 0.016 | 5.99 | |
Family status | Baseline | Mean ± SD | 19.66 ± 4.98 | 15.9 ± 6.38 | - | - |
Post-test | Mean ± SD | 19.37 ± 5.06 | 16.07 ± 6.01 | - | - | |
Difference (post-test minus baseline) | Mean ± SD | − 0.29 ± 4.1 | 0.17 ± 5.82 | 0.1407 | 2.20 | |
Affective status | Baseline | Mean ± SD | 15.98 ± 4.3 | 15.29 ± 4.9 | - | - |
Post-test | Mean ± SD | 18.31 ± 3.2 | 15.88 ± 5.05 | - | - | |
Difference (post-test minus baseline) | Mean ± SD | 2.32 ± 4.35 | 0.59 ± 4.35 | 0.0051 | 8.18 | |
Functional status | Baseline | Mean ± SD | 19.7 ± 5.48 | 18.08 ± 6.32 | - | - |
Post-test | Mean ± SD | 17.47 ± 5.86 | 15.9 ± 7.34 | - | - | |
Difference (post-test minus baseline) | Mean ± SD | − 2.39 ± 6.25 (n = 56) | −2.19 ± 5.5 | 0.5802 | 0.31 | |
Other status | Baseline | Mean ± SD | 16.55 ± 4.09 | 15.31 ± 4.5 | - | - |
Post-test | Mean ± SD | 15.25 ± 4.05 | 14.29 ± 4.2 | - | - | |
Difference (post-test minus baseline) | Mean ± SD | −1.05 ± 5.19 | −1.02 ± 5.54 | 0.0359 | 4.52 |