Table 3.

Mean of quality of life in family caregiver before and after education, based on AC-QoL Questionnaire

Subscale	Follow up	Group		t	P-value
		Intervention (N = 48)	Control (N = 50)
Support for caring	Pre-test	8.29 ± 3.17	8.56 ± 3.05	−.426	0.671*
	Post-test	10.85 ± 2.50	8.16 ± 2.62	5.193	<0.001*
	t P-value	4.614 <0.001**	−0.760 0.451**
Caring choice	Pre-test	9.97 ± 3.02	9.62 ± 3.35	.556	0.580*
	Post-test	11.66 ± 2.49	9.74 ± 3.88	3.641	<0.001*
	t P-value	3.423 0.001**	0.242 0.810**
Caring stress	Pre-test	9.00 ± 3.88	8.66 ± 4.23	.414	0.680*
	Post-test	9.77 ± 2.81	7.74 ± 3.40	3.208	0.002*
	t P-value	1.376 0.175**	−1.606 0.115**
Money matters	Pre-test	7.14 ± 3.03	6.86 ± 3.43	.436	0.664*
	Post-test	6.93 ± 2.48	6.14 ± 2.79	1.489	0.140*
	t P-value	−0.457 0.649**	−1.933 0.059**
Personal growth	Pre-test	8.43 ± 3.14	8.96 ± 2.56	−.904	0.368*
	Post-test	11.20 ± 2.89	8.78 ± 2.75	4.253	<0.001*
	t P-value	6.314 <0.001**	−0.392 0.696**
Sense of value	Pre-test	10.85 ± 3.20	10.30 ± 3.10	.870	0.387*
	Post-test	12.04 ± 3.27	10.70 ± 2.74	2.202	0.030*
	t P-value	5.777 <0.001**	0.900 0.373**
Ability to care	Pre-test	8.64 ± 2.94	8.72 ± 3.01	−.123	0.902*
	Post-test	10.10 ± 2.91	8.06 ± 2.41	3.792	<0.001*
	t P-value	5.314 <0.001**	−1.492 0.142**
Carer satisfaction	Pre-test	9.68 ± 2.69	8.92 ± 2.64	1.423	0.158*
	Post-test	10.56 ± 2.86	8.24 ± 2.36	4.387	<0.001*
	t P-value	3.157 0.003**	−1.564 0.124**
Total score of AC-QOL	Pre-test	72.04 ± 16.75	70.60 ± 17.92	.411	0.682*
	Post-test	83.14 ± 15.09	67.56 ± 13.98	5.305	<0.001*
	t P-value	6.223 <0.001**	−1.446 0.155**

*: P value derived from independent samples t test (between-group difference)

**: P value derived from paired samples t test (within-group difference)