Table 5.

Mean of adaptation in family caregiver before and after education, based on Roy’s adaptation assessment form

Subscale	Follow up	Group		t	P-value
		Intervention (N = 48)	Control (N = 50)
Physiologic	Pre-test	53.43 ± 8.86	50.32 ± 9.53	1.675	0.097*
	Post-test	58.97 ± 6.62	52.78 ± 10.77	3.447	0.001*
	t P-value	4.607 <0.001**	1.963 0.055**
Self-concept	Pre-test	36.37 ± 7.39	35.54 ± 8.26	−.526	0.600*
	Post-test	41.43 ± 5.50	33.72 ± 6.80	6.159	<0.001*
	t P-value	5.362 <0.001**	−2.030 0.048**
Role function	Pre-test	20.79 ± 4.23	19.86 ± 5.32	.955	0.342*
	Post-test	25.20 ± 3.74	18.22 ± 5.19	7.660	<0.001*
	t P-value	6.948 <0.001**	−2.052 0.046**
interdependence	Pre-test	25.10 ± 5.80	25.84 ± 6.15	−.608	0.544*
	Post-test	28.91 ± 3.70	23.08 ± 4.22	7.265	<0.001*
	t P-value	4.689 <0.001**	−3.416 0.001**
Total score of Roy’s adaptation	Pre-test	135.70 ± 18.89	131.56 ± 21.90	1.002	0.319*
	Post-test	154.45 ± 12.38	127.80 ± 17.87	8.576	<0.001*
	t	7.806	−1.503
	P-value	<0.001**	0.139**

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

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