Table 2.

Raw Means of Outcomes at Each Assessment Point and Paired t Tests and Effect Sizes for Patients and Caregivers.

	Patients							Caregivers
	Baseline		Post Program					Baseline		Post Program
Measure	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	P	d	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	t	P	d
BFI	1.49	1.02	1.51	1.64	−0.03	.98	0.02	1.07	.73	1.42	1.30	−0.49	.65	0.21
CES-D	15.80	6.1	13.81	4.99	1.32	.26	0.59	12.00	2.34	14.40	1.14	−2.33	.08	1.04*
MDASI	1.78	1.33	1.04	0.93	2.32	.08	1.03*	2.31	1.75	1.67	0.98	1.49	.20	0.67
MDASI-SS	1.66	1.44	1.28	1.06	1.79	.15	0.81*	2.09	1.49	1.20	.87	2.77	.05	1.25*
MDASI-Int	1.77	1.57	0.37	0.58	1.77	.15	0.79	2.4	2.77	1.77	1.15	0.71	.51	0.32
MCS	42.35	22.43	52.34	7.00	−1.35	.25	0.60	45.14	8.04	51.43	6.39	−1.45	.22	0.64
PCS	50.03	13.68	50.56	8.91	−0.14	.88	0.07	57.51	3.95	55.83	4.34	1.07	.34	0.48
PSQI	10.75	2.06	8.00	1.41	−1.35	.10	1.17*	10.40	2.07	11.20	3.03	−1.09	.34	0.49

Abbreviations: d, Cohen’s d (small effect, d ≤ 0.2; medium effect, d ≤ 0.5; and large effect, d ≤ 0.8).¹⁹ BFI, Brief Fatigue Inventory; CES-D, Centers for Epidemiological Studies–Depression; MDASI, MD Anderson Symptom Inventory Core Symptoms and Interference Total Score; MDASI-SS, MDASI Core Symptom Severity Subscale; MDASI-Int, MDASI Interference Subscale; MCS, SF-36 Mental Health Component Summary; PCS, SF-36 Physical Health Component Summary; PSQI, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.

^*Significant paired t test at P ≤ .1.