Table 5.
Comparison of self-care agency and caregiver burden mean scores of caregivers in the intervention and control groups by measurement times
| Measurement times | Intervention groups, mean (SD) | Control groups, mean (SD) | Between groups, TS | Model statistics† | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| F | p | Effect | F | p | |||
| Self-care agency | |||||||
| T0 | 103.44 (11.48) | 92.33 (18.08) | 2.423 | 0.139 | Group | 1.254 | 0.279 |
| T1 | 102.22 (10.07) | 95.33 (24.12) | 0.625 | 0.441 | Time | 0.449 | 0.719 |
| T2 | 102.11 (10.47) | 97.89 (17.44) | 0.388 | 0.542 | Group x time | 0.360 | 0.782 |
| T3 | 105.00 (10.04) | 98.11 (21.72) | 0.746 | 0.400 | |||
| Within groups TS | F = 0.603; p = 0.624 | F = 0.465; p = 0.711 | |||||
| Caregiver burden | |||||||
| T0†† | 23.44 (10.14)a | 26.55 (11.38)a, c | 0.375 | 0.549 | Group | 10.849 | 0.005 |
| T1†† | 24.55 (9.96)a | 46.78 (5.45)b | 34.460 | < 0.001 | Time | 22.186 | < 0.001 |
| T2 †† | 18.33 (11.57)a | 35.44 (11.08)a | 10.262 | 0.006 | Group x time | 6.798 | 0.001 |
| T3†† | 12.11 (11.55)b | 23.00 (10.40)c | 4.417 | 0.048 | |||
| Within groups TS | F = 12.042; p < 0.001 | F = 58.510; p < 0.001 | |||||
†General linear models, two-way analysis of variance test
††a, b: within groups Bonferroni’s correction multiple comparison test
TS test statistics, T0 preoperative period, T1 postoperative period-1st month, T2 postoperative period-3rd month, T3 postoperative period-6th month