Table 3.

ANOVA test for comparisons of changes in self-care before the intervention and during the first, second, and third months after the intervention in the intervention and control groups.

Change source	Type III sum of squares	df	Mean square	F	Sig.
Month effect	54786.96	2.13	25687.18	228.02	<0.001
Group effect	54610.00	1	54610.00	61.166	<0.001
Within-subjects contrasts	26148.27	2.13	12259.77	108.82	<0.001
Within-subjects errors	18260.55	162.09	112.65	228.02
Between-subjects errors	67854.36	76	892.82	61.16