Table 3.
Repeated measures ANOVA examining the effects of the intervention on rheumatoid arthritis knowledge, arthritis self-efficacy, and health-related quality of life over three times (N = 16).
| Variables | Mean Square | df | F | P | Baseline Mean (SD) |
Post-intervention Mean (SD) |
1 month follow-up Mean (SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | 338.40 | 2 | 61.95 | 0.000* | 8.38 (3.52) | 17.50 (4.37)a | 13.94 (3.42)b |
| Arthritis self-efficacy: pain | 1.76 | 2 | 2.53 | 0.096 | 6.05 (0.80) | 6.71 (1.15)a | 6.41 (1.02) |
| Arthritis self-efficacy: other symptoms | 1.28 | 2 | 3.45 | 0.045* | 6.24 (0.66) | 6.56 (0.82) | 6.80 (0.92)b |
| Physical functioning | 13.91 | 2 | 0.99 | 0.383 | 43.09 (7.83) | 42.43 (5.92) | 41.25 (4.98) |
| Role physical | 11.63 | 2 | 0.37 | 0.694 | 43.23 (7.43) | 42.62 (9.17) | 44.30 (8.53) |
| Bodily pain | 216.98 | 2 | 7.88 | 0.002* | 37.90 (5.35) | 43.26 (6.83)a | 44.95 (5.77)b |
| General health | 64.59 | 2 | 2.74 | 0.081 | 35.00 (6.27) | 38.93 (9.30) | 36.25 (8.82) |
| Vitality | 7.51 | 2 | 0.30 | 0.743 | 52.29 (7.85) | 53.07 (10.11) | 51.70 (8.29) |
| Social functioning | 91.13 | 2 | 2.20 | 0.129 | 43.90 (6.57) | 46.28 (9.01) | 48.67 (7.45)b |
| Role emotional | 136.30 | 2 | 1.98 | 0.156 | 35.47 (8.46) | 41.30 (8.92)a | 38.14 (12.04) |
| Mental health | 20.52 | 2 | 0.55 | 0.581 | 48.25 (8.22) | 48.60 (10.49) | 50.36 (8.35) |
| Physical component summary | 6.00 | 2 | 0.52 | 0.599 | 40.40 (5.09) | 41.39 (5.00) | 41.51 (3.64) |
| Mental component summary | 49.67 | 2 | 1.54 | 0.231 | 45.58 (7.86) | 48.75 (10.60) | 48.49 (7.84) |
*Represented that the scores were significant at the level of 0.05.
ap < 0.05, baseline versus post-intervention using Tukey HSD for pairwise comparisons.
bp < 0.05, baseline versus 1 month follow-up.