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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Top Stroke Rehabil. 2016 Mar 16;23(4):284–292. doi: 10.1080/10749357.2016.1155278

Table 4.

Chronic Disease Self-Efficacy Scale (CDSES)

Subcategories Short-term effect (n=97) Long-term Effect (n=78)

F (p-value)
Effect size a 95% CI t (p-value) Effect size a
Between-groups Within-group
Exercise regularly 7.280* (0.008) 5.542* (0.026) 0.57 013,1.00 −.684 (0.496) −0.07
Get information about disease 1.406 (0.239) 1.148 (0.293) 0.34 −0.10,0.77 −1.489 (0.143) −0.20
Obtain help from others 4.139* (0.045) 8.544* (0.007) 0.44 0.00,0.88 −.053 (0.958) −0.01
Communicate with physician 6.968* (0.010) 1.090 (0.305) 0.61 0.16,1.05 −.324 (0.747) −0.03
Manage disease in general 13.851* (0.000) 13.605* (0.001) 0.74 0.29,1.18 −.918 (0.362) −0.09
Manage symptoms 3.695 (0.058) 3.322 (0.079) 0.45 0.01,0.89 −.953 (0.343) −0.10
Manage shortness of breath 2.010 (0.160) 2.949 (0.097) 0.34 −0.10,0.78 −.738 (0.463) −0.12
Control/manage depression 7.454* (0.008) 6.038* (0.020) 0.66 0.21,1.10 −1.107 (0.272) −0.10
Do chores 11.634* (0.001) 7.837* (0.009) 0.75 0.30,1.19 −.412 (0.681) −0.05
 Social/recreational activities 2.431 (0.122) 14.639* (0.001) 0.37 −0.07,0.80 −.836 (0.406) −0.10
*

p < 0.05.

a

Moderate and big effect sizes are bolded. The outcome has a moderate effect if 0.35 ≤ D < 0.65; big effect if D ≥ 0.65.