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Published in final edited form as: Cancer Nurs. 2010 Mar–Apr;33(2):E24–E32. doi: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e3181be5e6d

Table 3.

Descriptive Data for Measures across Study Time-Points

	Pre-UCE Baseline	Post-UCE Baseline	Discharge	Week 2	Week 6
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)
BSI
Patient	5.5 (5.2)	3.4 (1.7)^*	-----	-----	8.4 (5.3)^*
Family caregiver	5.6 (3.8)	6.6 (5.0)	-----	-----	4.7 (3.3)^*
SPSI-R
Patient	16.5 (1.5)^*	17.1 (1.8)^*	16.4 (2.8)	16.4 (3.0)	16.4 (2.9)
Family caregiver	14.2 (2.7)	14.4 (2.7)	13.8 (3.0)	14.1 (2.9)	14.1 (2.7)
FACES-IV
Patient	2.6 (0.8)	-----	-----	-----	-----
Family caregiver	2.4 (0.5)	-----	-----	-----	-----
SDS
Patient	21.9 (6.5)	19.3 (5.5)^*	24.1 (5.1)	22.9 (6.0)	23.9 (8.6)
Family caregiver	22.1 (3.4)	20.5 (4.7)	21.6 (4.4)	20.6 (5.0)	20.9 (4.4)

Note: N=8 (patients); N=8 (family caregiver); UCE = Usual Care Education; SD=Standard Deviation; BSI-Brief Symptom Inventory; SPSI-R-Social Problem-Solving Inventory-Revised; FACES IV-Family Adaptability and Cohesion Evaluation Scale; SDS-Symptom Distress Scale.

n=7