Table 3:

Comparison of dependent variables after intervention

Variables	Control (N=31)a	Health-coaching (N=30)b	LMS (N=32)c	Health-coaching-with-LMS (N=31)d	F	P	Scheffe post-hoc
	Mean ± standard deviation
Hypertension self-efficacy	7.77 ± 0.90	8.34 ± 0.81	7.52 ± 0.78	8.68 ± 0.69	13.63	<0.001***	b, d>c>a
Self-management behavior	61.93 ± 7.01	71.80 ± 3.91	67.21 ± 5.77	73.00 ± 4.25	26.77	<0.001***	b, d >c>a
Hypertension-related knowledge	7.77 ± 1.54	8.63 ± 0.92	8.59 ± 0.97	9.45 ± 0.88	11.65	<0.001***	d>b, c>a
Medication adherence	0.87 ± 1.08	2.503 ± 1.22	1.87 ± 1.38	2.87 ± 1.11	16.21	<0.001***	b, d >c>a
Systolic BP	143.58 ± 9.49	132.53 ± 8.92	139.15 ± 7.51	133.61 ± 7.32	10.11	<0.001***	b, d >c>a
Diastolic BP	87.88 ± 8.12	83.60 ± 9.05	85.75 ± 6.72	82.29 ± 4.79	3.42	0.019*	d>a

LMS: long-message services //

^*P<0.05,

^***P<0.001, as tested using the one-way analysis of variance