Table 5.
Changes in weight, spirituality and depression from baseline to 6 months and from 6 months to 18 months (mean, SD and n)
| Measure | Dietitian only group | Spirituality group | P-value for comparison between groupsa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 to 6 mos. | 6 to 18 mos. | 0 to 6 mos. | 6 to 18 mos. | ||
| % weight changeb | −2.5, 5.1, 12 | 0.7, 3.3, 11 | −1.5, 6.5, 12 | 0.0, 3.4, 11 | 0.555 |
| change in weight (kg) | −2.6, 4.7, 12 | 0.4, 3.0, 11 | −1.0, 7.0, 12 | 0.3, 3.4, 11 | 0.922 |
| FACIT-Sp Score | |||||
| Total | 0.7, 4.3, 12 | −3.3, 3.9, 11 | 0.2, 2.2, 12 | −0.2, 3.2, 11 | 0.024 |
| Meaning | 1.1, 3.6, 12 | −2.5, 2.8, 11 | 0.3, 2.5, 12 | −0.2, 3.3, 11 | 0.146 |
| Faith | −0.4, 1.4, 12 | −0.8, 3.1, 11 | −0.1, 0.5, 12 | 0.0, 0.6, 11 | 0.451 |
| CES-D score | −0.3, 9.0, 12 | −0.9, 7.7, 11 | −1.0, 7.0, 12 | −1.7, 5.6, 11 | 0.646 |
a
P-values shown are from Mann-Whitney tests for the difference between dietitian only versus spirituality groups for the change from 6 to 18 months since randomization occurred at 6 months. None of these 6 comparisons are significant at the 0.05 level in the multiple comparisons sense, after applying the Benjamini and Hochberg procedure.
b
The percent change in weight was calculated from either baseline or 6 months, as appropriate.