Table 2.

Within-group and between-group comparisons for Chalder Fatigue Scale, anxiety, and depression at T0 and T1 (n = 137) using repeated measures ANOVA.

	Within-group effects				Between-group effects
	Baseline (T0) a	Post-intervention (T1)b			T1-T0	Time × group
	Mean (SD)	Mean (SD)	P b	Effect Size (d)	Mean (SD)	F(1,135)	P
Total fatigue score						13.888	.000
Intervention group (n = 72)	39.7 (6.6)	26.6 (13.6)	<0.001	−1.2	−13.1 (11.7)
Control group (n = 65)	39.8 (6.3)	33.2 (9.6)	<0.001	−0.8	−6.6 (8.3)
Physical fatigue score						20.852	.000
Intervention group (n = 72)	24.7 (4.0)	15.9 (8.0)	<0.001	−1.4	−8.8 (7.3)
Control group (n = 65)	24.6 (3.7)	20.8 (5.7)	<0.001	−0.8	−3.8 (5.0)
Mental fatigue score						3.902	.050
Intervention group (n = 72)	15.0 (3.8)	10.6 (6.1)	<0.001	−0.9	−4.3 (5.3)
Control group (n = 65)	15.2 (3.9)	12.4 (4.9)	<0.001	−0.6	−2.7 (3.9)
Anxiety score						0.302	.584
Intervention group (n = 72)	11.0 (2.1)	8.7 (3.2)	<0.001	−1.1	−2.3 (3.9)
Control group (n = 65)	10.9 (2.4)	9.0 (4.0)	0.006	−0.6	−1.9 (5.4)
Depression score						9.918	.002
Intervention group (n = 72)	9.1 (2.0)	7.7 (3.2)	<0.001	−0.5	−1.3 (2.7)
Control group (n = 65)	9.4 (2.2)	9.8 (4.1)	0.365	0.1	0.4 (3.7)

^aCompared with control group using independent t-test, ^bCompared with baseline using pairwise t-test.