Table 6.
Slopes and significance tests for survivors’ quality of life outcomes
| Outcomes | TIP-C | HEAC |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter estimate (SE) | Parameter estimate (SE) | Sig. difference between slopes# | |
| Psychological well-being | |||
| Depression | −0.1509 (1.6061) | −3.6012* (1.2733) | F(1,69) = 12.31, P < 0.001 |
| Positive affect | 1.3680 (0.8996) | 0.6336 (1.0402) | F(1,69) = 0.79, ns |
| Negative affect | −0.2498 (0.8777) | −2.8142* (0.9373) | F(1,69) = 15.72, P < 0.001 |
| Perceived stress | −0.7823 (0.9345) | −3.1142* (0.8030) | F(1,69) = 27.57, P < 0.001 |
| Physical well-being | |||
| Fatigue | −1.2215 (2.2247) | −5.2955* (1.7287) | F(1,69) = 9.61, P < 0.01 |
| Prostate cancer index | −3.2188 (4.1356) | −1.1042 (2.5354) | F(1,69) = 0.71, ns |
| Social well-being | |||
| Social support-family | 0.8763 (0.5935) | 1.5593* (0.4174) | F(1,69) = 2.50, ns |
| Social well-being | 1.7690 (2.4340) | 1.0717 (1.6235) | F(1,69) = 0.71, ns |
| Spiritual well-being | |||
| Spiritual well-being | −1.5211 (1.9682) | 2.6108* (1.3244) | F(1,69) = 10.34, P < 0.01 |
All slopes are based on prior natural (Naperian) logarithmic transformations of time.
*
Slope differs significantly from 0 at P < 0.05.
#
Tested with univariate ANOVA
TIP-C Telephone interpersonal counseling, HEAC Health education attention condition