Table 1.
Support Group Leader and Group demographic information
| Total (n = 353), M (SD) | Trained (n = 40), M (SD) | Untrained (n = 313), M (SD) | t 1 | d.f. | P | Mean diff. | 95% CI of difference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years | 57 (12) | 52 (9) | 57 (12) | −2.584 | 342 | 0.010 | −5.28 | −9.30, −1.26 |
| Valid, n | 344 | 36 | 308 | |||||
| Years as a group leader | 6 (7.4) | 12 (12.1) | 6 (6.1) | 3.366 | 40.6 | 0.002 | 6.64 | 2.66, 10.63 |
| Valid, n | 342 | 39 | 303 | |||||
| Years leading current support group | 5 (4.2) | 4 (3.5) | 5 (4.3) | −0.540 | 335 | 0.590 | −0.39 | −1.80, 1.03 |
| Valid, n | 337 | 39 | 298 | |||||
| Average number of attendees | 14 (9.8) | 11 (5.0) | 15 (10.2) | −4.046 | 87.9 | <0.001 | −4.02 | −5.99, −2.05 |
| Valid, n | 346 | 40 | 306 | |||||
| No. support groups currently conducted | 1(0.7) | 2 (0.8) | 1(0.7) | 2.774 | 45.2 | 0.008 | 0.40 | 0.11, 0.69 |
| Valid, n | 344 | 40 | 304 |
1If Levene’s test indicated violation of the homogeneity of variance assumption, the Welch‐Satterthwaite approximation for the case of unequal variances was used.