Table 3.

Numerical indicators of self-efficacy in Multiple Sclerosis patients before and eight weeks after the intervention in the two intervention and control groups, as well as significance test

Self-efficacy	Intervention	Control	aResults of Ancova
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
Before intervention	60.27 (8.63)	59.07 (6.84)	p = 0.388
8 weeks after intervention	63.73 (6.97)	59.21 (6.23)	p = 0.004 ${\mathrm{\eta }}^2=0.108$
Results of paired t-test	t =—3.11 df = 43 P = 0.001	t = −0.17 df = 41 P = 0.52

^aANCOVA test with adjusting the Supplementary insurance and First symptom of disease 

${\mathrm{\eta }}^2$ = partial eta-squared = Effect sizes: 0.01 = small; 0.06 = moderate; 0.14 = large