Table 3.

Changes in Spiritual Well-Being and Psychological Functioning After MCGP and SGP

Variable	Baseline				After Treatment						2-Month Follow-Up
	MCGP (n = 93)		SGP (n = 79)		MCGP (n = 67)			SGP (n = 58)			MCGP (n = 57)			SGP (n = 45)
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Within-Group d*	Mean	SD	Within-Group d*	Mean	SD	Within-Group d*	Mean	SD	Within-Group d*
SWB	29.64	11.55	33.75	10.31	34.03	10.45	0.54†	35.45	8.27	0.17	33.83	11.61	0.48†	35.91	9.65	0.22
MQOL	6.37	1.86	7.15	1.70	7.12	1.81	0.40†	7.33	1.52	0.08	7.03	1.71	0.35‡	7.24	1.75	0.05
BDI	16.43	8.81	12.77	7.77	11.36	8.06	−0.67†	10.47	6.94	−0.34§	11.49	7.31	−0.54†	9.76	6.09	−0.39§
HADS-A	8.29	4.49	6.65	4.42	6.43	3.44	−0.52†	5.83	4.18	−0.20	7.07	1.71	−0.36‡	5.91	4.19	−0.26
HAI	4.87	3.11	3.11	2.64	3.57	2.95	−0.53†	2.96	2.76	−0.01	4.07	3.30	−0.55†	3.25	3.33	−0.15
SAHD	2.70	3.44	1.93	2.64	2.01	2.35	−0.31§	1.98	2.52	−0.10	2.30	3.34	−0.27§	1.89	3.06	−0.02
MSAS-GDI	1.53	0.67	1.33	0.68	1.26	0.75	−0.35‡	1.29	0.78	−0.06	1.18	0.72	−0.57†	1.13	0.72	−0.25

Abbreviations: BDI, Beck Depression Inventory; HADS-A, anxiety subscale of Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale; HAI, Hopelessness Assessment in Illness; MCGP, meaning-centered group psychotherapy; MQOL, McGill Quality of Life Scale; MSAS-GDI, Memorial Symptom Assessment Scale Global Distress Index; SAHD, Schedule of Attitudes Toward Hastened Death; SD, standard deviation; SGP, supportive group psychotherapy; SWB, Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy Spiritual Well-Being Scale.

^*d corresponds to within-group change (or difference) score, where D = X₁ − X₂ and d = Mean_D/SD_D; Cohen categorized d scores of 0.2 as small, 0.5 as moderate, and 0.8 as large.³³

^†P < .001.

^‡P < .01.

^§P < .05.