Table 5.
Univariate analysis of the effect of JITAI on HRQOL
| Control (n=34) | JITAI (n=36) | ANCOVA Results | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pre, Mean (SD) | Post, Mean (SD) | Change, Mean (SD) | Pre, Mean (SD) | Post, Mean (SD) | Change, Mean (SD) | F | p-value | |
| Caregiver Strain | 48.0 (7.9) | 49.1 (10.9) | 1.3 (6.1) | 49.7 (6.5) | 47.1 (10.7) | −2.6 (6.8) | −4.3 | 0.0065 |
| Caregiver-Specific Anxiety | 48.0 (6.8) | 47.2 (9.0) | −0.6 (5.5) | 47.4 (7.8) | 43.7 (9.2) | −3.6 (5.3) | −3.0 | 0.026 |
| Anger | 49.2 (9.2) | 46.7 (9.1) | −2.3 (7.1) | 51.6 (11.2) | 46.8 (13.4) | −4.8 (7.6) | −2.1 | 0.23 |
| Anxiety | 52.9 (7.6) | 53.2 (7.7) | 0.5 (7.1) | 53.2 (9.2) | 53.2 (9.9) | 0.0 (7.6) | −0.4 | 0.83 |
| Depression | 48.0 (7.8) | 50.4 (7.5) | 2.6 (6.9) | 52.4 (8.2) | 50.4 (9.6) | −2.0 (6.4) | −3.4 | 0.037 |
| Perceived Stress | 48.6 (11.7) | 46.6 (12.5) | −1.6 (9.6) | 49.5 (11.7) | 46.8 (12.7) | −2.7 (7.5) | −0.9 | 0.65 |
| Positive Affect | 53.5 (4.9) | 54.2 (6.4) | 0.7 (4.2) | 53.2 (7.0) | 52.8 (9.4) | −0.4 (8.9) | −1.2 | 0.49 |
| Social Role Ability | 48.1 (8.6) | 47.5 (9.5) | −0.9 (7.6) | 46.8 (8.5) | 47.7 (10.1) | 0.9 (6.9) | 1.4 | 0.40 |
| Fatigue | 48.5 (9.8) | 50.5 (11.2) | 2.1(8.4) | 51.8 (9.6) | 51.0 (10.7) | −0.8 (5.7) | −2.4 | 0.16 |
| Sleep-Related Impairment | 50.2 (9.3) | 50.4 (9.4) | 0.3 (7.9) | 53.8 (9.5) | 49.1 (11.1) | −4.6 (6.8) | −4.2 | 0.02 |
Note. Bolding indicates significant differences (all significant differences were present both before and after the false discovery rate correction); in all cases, those in the intervention group indicated better HRQOL than those in the control group