Table 7.
Slopes and significance tests for partners’ quality of life outcomes
| Outcomes | TIP-C | HEAC |
|
|---|---|---|---|
| Parameter estimate (SE) | Parameter estimate (SE) | Sig. difference between slopes# | |
| Psychological well-being | |||
| Depression | −2.2679* (1.0641) | −3.8946* (1.7519) | F(1,69) = 4.54, P < 0.05 |
| Positive affect | 1.4314 (1.0708) | 0.7682 (1.2319) | F(1,69) = 1.50, ns |
| Negative affect | −1.3636 (1.3079) | −1.5542 (1.0340) | F(1,69) = 0.06, ns |
| Perceived stress | −1.5597 (1.0490) | −1.7639 (1.0729) | F(1,69) = 0.13, ns |
| Physical well-being | |||
| Fatigue | 1.4417 (1.6497) | −1.5818 (2.2899) | F(1,69) = 10.28, P < 0.01 |
| Social well-being | |||
| Social support-family | 0.9739 (0.6576) | 1.6075* (0.4374) | F(1,69) = 6.47, P < 0.05 |
| Social well-being | 1.5135 (1.8419) | 4.4571* (1.4849) | F(1,69) = 7.67, P < 0.01 |
| Spiritual well-being | |||
| Spiritual well-being | 0.4100 (1.2137) | 4.0452* (1.5729) | F(1,69) = 11.31, 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