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. 2016 Sep 8;16(1):166. doi: 10.1186/s12883-016-0685-1

Table 2.

Main outcome summary. Group 1 received the intervention first and Group 2 was the waitlist control. Group 2 received the intervention after the 7-week measures were collected

OutcomeS Group Baseline level, mean (SD) 7-week change (95 % CI) 6-Month follow-up change (95 % CI) 7-week effects (change comparison between groups) 6-Month follow-up effects (change from pre-intervention all individuals)
t p Value Effect size t p Value Effect size
Parkinson’s symptoms PDQ39-SI Intervention group 22.2 (12.4) −0.54 (−3.41 to 2.32) −0.89 (−3.71 to 1.93) −0.59 - −1.42 0.16 -
Wait-list control 26.8 (17.5) −1.53 (−3.64 to 0.57) −2.54 (−6.76 to 1.67)
PDQ39-ADL Intervention group 20.8 (14.6) −2.43 (−8.11 to 3.25) −2.54 (−6.87 to 1.80) 0.15 0.89 - −1.80 0.04 b,a 0.23b (small)
Wait-list control 26.9 (23.6) −2.02 (−4.66 to 0.62) −4.17(−10.75 to 2.42)
Mindfulness FMI Intervention group 37.1 (8.2) 4.88 (1.95 to 7.80)a 0.95 (−1.91 to 3.82) −3.02 <0.01a 0.61 (medium) 2.35 0.02a 0.32 (small)
Wait-list control 34.5 (8.8) −1.06 (−3.81 to 1.68) 4.74 (0.67 to 8.81)
Depression (D)
Anxiety (A)
Stress (S)
DASS-D Intervention group 4.50 (5.22) 1.92 (0.201 to 3.63)a 0.78 (−0.90 to 2.47) −0.66 0.51 - −0.62 0.54 -
Wait-list control 7.19 (7.83) 1.06 (−0.84 to 2.97) −1.75 (−4.63 to 1.13)
DASS-A Intervention group 7.58 (4.79) 0.33 (−1.67 to 2.34) −0.26 (−1.79 to 1.27) −0.62 0.54 - −0.89 0.38 -
Wait-list control 9.81 (7.56) −0.63 (−2.92 to 1.67) −0.92 (−3.21 to 1.38)
DASS-S Intervention group 8.78 (6.35) 2.17 (0.12 to 4.23)a −1.0 (−2.89 to 0.89) −2.61 0.01a 0.32 (small) −1.80 0.04 b,a 0.27b (small)
Wait-list control 12.44 (9.65) −1.63 (−3.68 to 0.43) −1.42 (−3.58 to 0.75)
Locus of control:
Internal (I)
Chance (C)
Doctors (D)
Powerful Others (O)
LOC-I Intervention group 19.6 (5.5) 0.13 (−1.79 to 2.04) 0.91 (−1.92 to 3.75) 0.99 0.33 - 0.07 0.94 -
Wait-list control 16.5 (5.5) 1.5 (−0.50 to 3.50) −0.78 (−3.19 to 1.62)
LOC-C Intervention group 16.0 (7.2) 1.33 (−1.09 to 3.76) 1.14 (−1.83 to 4.10) −1.69 0.10 - 0.73 0.47 -
Wait-list control 18.6 (6.4) −1.09 (−2.88 to 0.70) 0.39 (−2.75 to 3.53)
LOC-D Intervention group 12.7 (3.7) 0.63 (−0.88 to 2.13) 0.22 (−1.11 to 1.56) −1.80 0.04 b,a 0.28b (small) 0.39 0.70 -
Wait-list control 11.8 (3.3) −0.91 (−1.98 to 0.16) 0.16 (−1.34 to 1.66)
LOC-O Intervention group 8.0 (3.7) 0.13 (−1.38 to 1.63) 0.23 (−1.30 to 1.76) 0.064 0.95 - 0.40 0.69 -
Wait-list control 8.0 (3.0) 0.18 (−0.93 to 1.29) 0.17 (−1.21 to 1.54)
Exercise (hours) Intervention group 1.4 (2.0) 0.38 (−0.22 to 0.97) −0.28 (−1.14 to 0.58) −1.03 0.31 - 0.6717 0.50 -
Wait-list control 1.7 (2.4) −0.32 (−1.41 to 0.77) 0.86 (−0.54 to 2.25)
Nutrition (fruit serves/day) Intervention group 2.2 (1.2) 0 (−.41 to 0.41) 0.32 (−0.05 to 0.69) 0.68 0.50 - −1.80 0.04 b,a 0.28 (small)
Wait-list control 2.4 (1.3) 0.21 (−0.24 to 0.66) 0.29 (−0.31 to 0.90)

asignificant finding. b one-sided finding. Effect size is the Cohen's d: small ≥ .20, medium ≥ .50, large ≥ .80