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. 2026 Oct 15;17:1900785. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2026.1900785

Table 3.

Outcomes over time for caregiver of older adults (n = 40).

Variables T0 T1 T2 T3 T0 vs. T1 T1 vs. T2 T1 vs. T3
M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) M (SD) t p d t p d t p d
Depression 10.93 (5.80) 11.61 (5.35) 10.47 (4.60) 9.41 (3.25) −0.75 0.601 / 1.34 0.327 / 2.48 0.054 0.497
Anxiety 7.45 (8.98) 9.98 (8.32) 6.46 (6.48) 6.34 (6.37) −1.97 0.116 / 3.27 0.017 0.473 3.42 0.017 0.491
Stress 12.85 (11.74) 16.07 (10.58) 11.25 (7.65) 11.42 (7.10) −1.82 0.148 / 3.29 0.017 0.522 3.04 0.019 0.516
Physical distress 28.22 (26.29) 26.05 (24.40) 16.38 (12.82) 18.10 (14.36) 0.63 0.649 / 2.81 0.033 0.496 2.39 0.061 0.397
Daily functioning 59.20 (20.51) 57.39 (18.34) 63.18 (16.52) 64.77 (17.00) 0.59 0.662 / −2.61 0.043 0.332 −2.76 0.033 0.417
Wellbeing 13.03 (4.74) 13.33 (5.31) 15.87 (5.18) 16.24 (5.59) −0.38 0.754 / −3.92 < 0.001 0.484 −3.32 0.017 0.534
Family functioning 5.38 (3.22) 5.78 (2.72) 6.00 (2.42) 6.80 (2.46) −0.97 0.484 / −0.65 0.649 / −2.29 0.064 0.393
Psychological abuse 3.53 (2.85) 3.22 (2.85) 3.37 (2.30) 2.60 (2.34) 1.04 0.455 / −0.31 0.782 / 1.43 0.297 /
Physical abuse 0.75 (1.41) 0.81 (1.68) 1.80 (2.72) 0.96 (1.87) 0.19 0.853 / −2.13 0.086 0.438 −0.48 0.695 /
Self-compassion 34.13 (9.59) 32.83 (8.08) 31.00 (10.09) 31.35 (7.01) 0.91 0.507 / 1.28 0.342 / 1.09 0.442 /
Connection with nature 44.35 (11.01) 43.55 (8.37) 46.00 (6.07) 48.42 (8.48) 0.50 0.695 / −2.36 0.061 0.335 −3.12 0.017 0.578

p-values were after FDR correction.