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Published in final edited form as: Int J Nurs Sci. 2016 Aug 20;3(3):242–251. doi: 10.1016/j.ijnss.2016.08.004

Table 3.

Mean comparisons for loneliness and quality of life.

Outcome	Group	Baseline		1 Week post		6 Weeks post		12 Weeks post		F	p
		Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	Mean	SD
		Loneliness (R–UCLA)	LISTEN	46.00	5.33	43.57	5.89	43.79	7.18			41.19	5.83	4.142	^*0.02
Control	51.79	Loneliness (R–UCLA)	9.55	48.08	10.47	45.42	11.43	47.79	8.39
Quality of life (VAS)	LISTEN	7.07	1.94	7.33	1.59	7.26	1.98	7.90	1.49	1.168	0.13
Quality of life (VAS)	Control	7.41	1.91	6.33	2.10	6.79	3.08	6.96	1.98

Note. R-UCLA is the revised 20-item UCLA Loneliness Scale (scores range from 20 to 80). VAS is the Visual Analog Scale for Quality of Life (scores range from 0 to 10).

= p < 0.05.