Table 4. Comparison of hope and optimism between the resilient and chronic dysfunctional groups.
| Resilience | Chronic Dysfunctional | t-value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Surgical Consent Signing date (T1) | |||||
| Hope | 48.93 | 7.11 | 43.43 | 7.97 | 2.46* |
| Optimism | 21.18 | 4.23 | 16.64 | 3.18 | 3.69** |
| 1 day before operation (T2) | |||||
| Hope | 48.73 | 6.70 | 42.15 | 6.24 | 3.16** |
| Optimism | 21.62 | 3.87 | 17.92 | 3.62 | 3.08** |
| 1st -2nd post-operative week (T3) | |||||
| Hope | 47.96 | 8.80 | 41.71 | 7.90 | 2.37* |
| Optimism | 21.98 | 3.62 | 17.50 | 3.76 | 4.01** |
| 3rd post-operative month (T4) | |||||
| Hope | 48.89 | 7.09 | 41.29 | 7.53 | 3.45** |
| Optimism | 21.49 | 3.88 | 17.50 | 2.88 | 3.55** |
| 6th post-operative month (T5) | |||||
| Hope | 50.18 | 7.66 | 38.14 | 6.81 | 5.26** |
| Optimism | 21.62 | 3.86 | 16.43 | 3.01 | 4.61** |
Independent-samples t-test; n = 59.
* statistically significant.
** highly statistically significant.