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. 2024 May 1;22:184. doi: 10.1186/s12916-024-03405-z

Table 2.

Means, standard deviations, within effects, and interaction effects of group (IG vs. TAUG) × time (T1 vs. T2)

Variable Mean values and standard deviations Within effect (t1 vs t2; ANOVA)

Group × time interaction

(2 × 2 ANOVA)

M(t1) SD(t1) M(t2) SD(t2) F df p ηp2 F df p ηp2
Self-efficacy TAUG 2.81 .43 2.79 .45 3.80 1.53 .06 - 5.86 1.53 .02 .10
IG 2.75 .49 2.95 .33
Psychiatric symptoms TAUG .91 .74 .91 .80 .31 1.52 .58 - 1.83 1.52 .67 -
IG .82 .60 .76 .63
Craving TAUG 1.53 .73 1.30 .54 22.16 1.54 .00 .29 1.88 1.54 .18 -
IG 1.29 .60 .88 .53
Tobacco dependence TAUG 6.20 1.76 6.00 1.73 3.67 1.54 .06 - .96 1.54 .33 -
IG 5.53 2.03 4.91 2.31
HRV (RMSSD) TAUG 3.09 .74 3.24 .73 1.48 1.47 .23 - .51 1.47 .48 -
IG 3.23 .62 3.23 .60
Frequencies and percentage

Group × time interaction

(GEE)

Category n(t1) %(t1) n(t2) %(t2) Wald-χ2 df p B
Smoked cigarettes per day TAUG

 < 10

11–20

21–30

 > 31

0

14

8

3

0%

56%

32%

12%

0

13

11

1

0%

52%

44%

4%

4.72 1 .03 1.16
IG

 < 10

11–20

21–30

 > 31

3

13

12

3

10%

42%

39%

10%

8

15

5

3

26%

48%

16%

10%

TAUG treatment as usual group, IG intervention group, HRV heart rate variability, RMSSD root mean square of successive differences, RMSSD was logistically transformed, GEE generalized estimating equations, p < .05