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Published in final edited form as: Arch Gerontol Geriatr. 2007 Apr 27;46(1):89–100. doi: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.02.009

Table 2.

Health-risk behaviors, self-care, and psychological well-being of caregiver participants before and after participation in the Powerful Tools for Caregiving program, by subgroup of age and for the group overall.

	Caregivers <65 Years of Age (n=72)			Caregivers ≥65 Years of Age (n=46)			All Caregivers (n=118)

	Pretest	Posttest	P	Pretest	Posttest	P	Pretest	Posttest	P
Health-risk behaviors, mean±SD	3.7±2.2	2.2±1.6	<.001	3.0±1.9	2.3±1.5	.001	3.5±2.2	2.2±1.6	<0.001
Time for exercise ≥1 hour per week, %	43.1	68.1	<.001	45.7	65.2	.035	44.1	66.9	<0.001
Time for stress management ≥1 hour per week, %	21.2	28.2	.332	27.9	39.5	.180	23.7	32.5	0.076
Psychological well-being, mean±SD	8.8±2.8	10.7±2.4	<.001	9.2±2.0	10.3±2.0	<.001	8.9±2.6	10.5±2.3	<0.001