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. 2013 Jan 7;15(1):e5. doi: 10.2196/jmir.2249

Table 6.

Mean differences for the secondary outcome measures within groups, confidence intervals (CI), and effect sizes (ES) for the completers.

Secondary outcome measuresa Mean difference
T2–T3b (n)
95% CI
T2–T3b
Mean difference
T2–T4c (n)
95% CI
T2–T4c
ES
T2–T3a
P valued ES
T2–T4c
P valued
CPAQ








Intervention 8.75 (40) 5.96-11.54 7.29 (34) 3.11-11.47 0.58 < .001 0.45 .001

Control 0.69 (36) –2.90 to 4.29 0.40 (35) –3.43 to 4.23 0.06 .70 0.03 .83
FIQ








Intervention 3.10 (46) –1.01 to 7.20 1.60 (36) –4.40 to 7.60 –0.17 .14 –0.09 .59

Control 6.61 (38) 2.14-11.09 10.46 (39) 6.43-14.49 –0.36 .005 –0.62 < .001
SF-8, physical








Intervention –1.69 (39) –3.96 to 0.59 0.06 (30) –3.73 to 3.86 –0.19 .14 0.01 .97

Control –1.17 (29) –4.18 to 1.83 –2.41 (32) –5.17 to 0.36 –0.14 .43 –0.29 .09
SF-8, mental








Intervention 1.28 (39) –1.72 to 4.28 –1.51 (30) –4.93 to 1.92 0.15 .39 –0.17 .38

Control –3.59 (29) –7.04 to –0.14 –4.92 (32) –9.55 to –0.30 –0.37 0.04 –0.50 .04
GHQ-12








Intervention 0.58 (43) –0.06 to 1.22 0.80 (35) –0.42 to 2.02 –0.25 .07 –0.34 .19

Control 1.26 (34) 0.59-1.94 2.38 (37) 1.12-3.63 –0.80 .001 –1.09 < .001
CPVI








Intervention 0.49 (44) 0.26-0.72 0.15 (36) –0.11 to 0.42 0.52 < .001 0.16 .25

Control –0.22 (33) –0.49 to 0.06 –0.47 (34) –0.83 to –0.10 –0.28 0.12 –0.63 .01
Pain, VAS








Intervention 1.11 (46) –3.94 to 6.16 0.61 (36) –7.03 to 8.24 –0.05 .66 –0.03 .87

Control –0.99 (38) –7.48 to 5.50 5.82 (38) –1.26 to 12.90 0.04 .76 –0.26 .10
Fatigue, VAS








Intervention 1.13 (46) –4.94 to 7.21 7.73 (36) –2.26 to 17.72 –0.04 .71 –0.29 .13

Control 5.44 (38) –1.13 to 12.01 12.15 (38) 6.29-18.00 –0.22 .10 –0.51 < .001
Sleep disturbance, VAS








Intervention –0.14 (46) –7.03 to 6.76 2.15 (36) –7.81-12.12 0.01 .97 –0.08 .66

Control 3.96 (39) –5.42 to 13.33 7.66 (39) –0.62 to 15.95 –0.15 .40 –0.30 .07

a CPAQ: Chronic Pain Acceptance Questionnaire; FIQ: Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire; SF-8: Short-Form Health Survey; GHQ-12: General Health Questionnaire; CPVI: Chronic Pain Values Inventory; and VAS: visual analog scale.

b T2: at discharge; T3: immediately after intervention.

c T2: at discharge; T4: 5 months after intervention.

d P values for paired samples t tests.