Table 3.
Mean (standard deviation) spirituality scores from Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Spiritual Well-Being (FACIT-Sp) and the Linear Analog Assessment spiritual well-being item (LASA spiritual WB)
| Week | Scale | Intervention | Control | p-valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | FACIT-Sp meaning/peace subscale | 80.4 (15.6) | 82.8 (16.2) | 0.27 |
| FACIT-Sp faith subscale | 70.2 (28.4) | 80.2 (22.0) | 0.052 | |
| FACIT-Sp total score | 77.0 (17.0) | 81.9 (15.4) | 0.07 | |
| LASA spiritual WB | 77.2 (21.8) | 83.2 (12.8) | 0.27 | |
| 4 | FACIT-Sp meaning/peace subscale | 81.4 (16.01) | 79.3 (17.75) | 0.61 |
| FACIT-Sp meaning/peace subscale change from baseline | 1.0 (11.58) | −3.5 (10.89) | <0.01 | |
| FACIT-Sp faith subscale | 73.3 (22.26) | 78.5 (20.10) | 0.18 | |
| FACIT-Sp faith subscale change from baseline | 3.1 (16.23) | −1.7 (13.10) | 0.04 | |
| FACIT-Sp total score | 78.7 (15.31) | 79.0 (16.45) | 0.72 | |
| FACIT-Sp total score change from baseline | 1.7 (10.42) | −2.9 (8.93) | <0.01 | |
| LASA spiritual WB | 74.3 (19.48) | 78.4 (18.07) | 0.23 | |
| LASA spiritual WB change from baseline | −3.0 (16.33) | −4.8 (13.78) | 0.58 | |
| 27 | FACIT-Sp meaning/peace subscale | 78.1 (15.24) | 80.8 (16.46) | 0.24 |
| FACIT-Sp meaning/peace subscale change from baseline | −2.4 (14.87) | −2.8 (13.49) | 0.59 | |
| FACIT-Sp faith subscale | 70.5 (25.68) | 76.4 (23.60) | 0.27 | |
| FACIT-Sp faith subscale change from baseline | 0.4 (21.86) | −3.1 (17.86) | 0.52 | |
| FACIT-Sp total score | 75.5 (16.12) | 79.3 (16.27) | 0.20 | |
| FACIT-Sp total score change from baseline | −1.5 (15.05) | −2.9 (12.36) | 0.45 | |
| LASA spiritual WB | 78.5 (16.11) | 80.4 (18.18) | 0.37 | |
| LASA spiritual WB change from baseline | 0.4 (18.10) | −2.6 (18.10) | 0.58 | |
| 52 | FACIT-Sp meaning/peace subscale | 80.0 (15.92) | 78.7 (14.85) | 0.71 |
| FACIT-Sp meaning/peace subscale change from baseline | −1.0 (14.57) | −4.7 (15.66) | 0.12 | |
| FACIT-Sp faith subscale | 73.0 (23.40) | 78.4 (22.58) | 0.20 | |
| FACIT-Sp faith subscale change from baseline | 5.2 (19.76) | −1.7 (15.32) | 0.11 | |
| FACIT-Sp total score | 77.7 (15.9) | 78.6 (13.8) | 0.87 | |
| FACIT-Sp total change from baseline | 1.1 (14.30) | −3.7 (12.74) | 0.07 | |
| LASA spiritual WB | 75.6 (18.03) | 83.4 (14.13) | 0.05 | |
| LASA spiritual WB change from baseline | −1.8 (19.85) | 1.1 (15.28) | 0.40 |
a
Wilcoxon signed-rank test.