Table 2.

Raw Means for Study Completers at Each Assessment Point, Results of Paired t-Tests, and Effect Sizes for Patients and Caregivers

	Patients							Caregivers
Measure	Baseline		Post Program					Baseline		Post Program
	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	P- value	d	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	P- value	d
BSI-Dep	0.28	0.40	0.20	0.27	0.88	0.40	0.28	0.29	0.39	0.38	0.28	−0.71	0.50	0.25
BSI-Anx	0.54	0.59	0.18	0.19	2.41	0.04*	0.81	0.44	0.50	0.46	0.52	−0.08	0.94	0.03
BSI-Som	0.74	0.54	1.00	0.57	−1.98	0.08	0.65	0.31	0.44	0.34	0.28	−0.19	0.86	0.06
BFI	3.79	2.16	3.98	2.57	−0.37	0.72	0.12	2.46	2.15	2.31	2.24	0.25	0.81	0.08
PSQI	12.00	5.04	11.00	4.93	1.02	0.34	0.36	13.00	3.57	11.56	3.84	3.04	0.02*	1.01
PCS	37.47	15.22	36.04	11.32	0.45	0.66	0.15	45.30	7.59	49.10	10.21	−1.51	0.17	0.50
MCS	44.88	11.05	50.02	8.49	−2.51	0.04*	0.84	46.92	9.24	47.79	10.40	−0.24	0.82	0.08
FACT-Sp	37.11	7.10	39.89	6.92	−0.94	0.37	0.31	35.57	9.55	37.00	8.81	−0.63	0.55	0.24
BF	40.71	21.69	53.86	16.11	−1.71	0.14	0.64	50.33	13.26	51.00	12.08	−0.30	0.77	0.12
Close	6.82	0.41	6.89	0.18	−0.63	0.55	0.19	6.80	0.28	6.83	0.24	−0.26	0.81	0.07

Note: Abbreviations: ES, effect size; d, Cohen’s d. Small effect, d≤.2; medium effect, d≤.5; and large effect, d ≤.8²². BSI-Dep, Brief Symptom Inventory- Depression Dimension; BSI-Anx, Brief Symptom Inventory-Anxiety Dimension; BSI-SOM, Brief Symptom Inventory- Somatization Dimension; BFI, Brief Fatigue Inventory; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index; PCS, SF-36 Physical Health Component Summary; MCS, SF-36 Mental Health Component Summary; FACT-Sp, Spiritual well-being subscale; BF, Benefit Finding Scale; Close, perceived closeness and responsiveness measure;

^*denotes significant paired t-test at P<0.05.