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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 May 1.
Published in final edited form as: Health Psychol. 2019 May;38(5):391–402. doi: 10.1037/hea0000680

Table 3.

Intervention Outcomes

Baseline
M (SE)
Post intervention
M (SE)
Overall Effect:
Condition × Time
Interaction (β11)
Cohen’s d (CI)
PROMIS depression
LEAF 65.85 (2.02) 55.18 (2.08) β11 = −4.70, t(141) = −2.28, p = .02 −.25 (−.55,.06)
Control 65.62 (2.04) 59.65 (2.15)
PROMIS Mental Health
LEAF 37.4 (4.10) 39.8 (4.10) β11 = −.08, t(160) = −0.70, p = .49 .21 (−.09,.52)
Control 39.8 (4.10) 39.8 (4.10)
PROMIS Physical Health
LEAF 42.3 (4.20) 44.9 (4.30) β11 = 0.59, t(146) = 2.24, p = .03 .24 (−.07,.54)
Control 44.9 (4.30) 44.9 (4.30)
NeuroQOL Anxiety
LEAF 52.15 (1.63) 44.64 (1.68) β11 = −5.04, t(145) = −2.63, p = .009 −.32 (−.63,−.02)
Control 51.38 (1.65) 48.91 (1.76)
Zarit Caregiver Burden
LEAF 42.19 (1.58) 38.18 (1.60) β11 = −2.38, t(142) = −1.86, p = .066 −.16 (−.46,.14)
Control 42.18 (1.59) 41.13 (1.65)
Caregiver Strain
LEAF 8.40 (0.33) 8.46 (0.33) β11 = .05, t(160) = 0.33, p = .74 .01 (−.30,.30)
Control 8.061 (0.35) 8.55 (0.33)
Dementia Scale
LEAF 23.12 (1.07) 23.42 (1.09) β11 = −0.27, t(154) = −0.37, p = .71 −0.03 (−.33, 27)
Control 22.49 (1.09) 23.06 (1.10)
DES Positive
LEAF 4.64 (0.16) 4.86 (0.16) β11 = .84, t(148) = 4.03, p < .001 .58 (.27,.88)
Control 4.92 (0.17) 4.31 (0.17)
DES Negative
LEAF 3.66 (0.13) 2.6 (0.13) β11 = −.27, t(148) = −1.51, p = .13 −.22 (−.52,.08)
Control 3.70 (0.13) 2.91 (0.14)
Positive Aspects of Caregiving
LEAF 35.92 (1.09) 39.04 (1.12) β11 = 3.59, t(140) = 4.42, p = .001 .35 (.05,.66)
Control 26.88 (1.11) 36.41 (1.16)
Perceived Stress
LEAF 30.64 (0.71) 27.48 (0.72) β11 = −1.32, t(145) = −1.66, p = .10 −.20 (−.50,.11)
Control 31.08 (0.73) 29.24 (0.76)

Notes. Baseline sample size=170, post-intervention sample size=155.