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. 2018 May 19;6(1):61–70. doi: 10.1093/nop/npy010

Table 4.

Secondary Outcomes Reported by Patients and Caregivers.

Secondary Outcome Outcome Measure F statistic, Repeated measures ANOVA P value T1 T2 T3 Effect size Pairwise comparison with Bonferroni correction
Mean SD Mean SD Mean SD
Supportive care needs Patient SCNS -SF34 F(2, 44) = 0.59 .557 77.43 30.97 72.57 32.01 78.91 29.05 ƞp2 .026 n.s.
Caregiver CNSAT F(1.36, 33.96) = 6.56 # .009* 14.31 10.26 9.08 7.98 7.77 8.18 ƞp2 .208 T1-T3: .019 *
Information needs Patient PINQ F(2, 46) = 8.49 .001 29.87 17.74 20.88 19.30 20.50 18.13 ƞp2 .270 T1-T3: .007 *
Caregiver
PINQ
F(2, 50) = 12.36 < .001* 19.50 11.60 11.19 7.50 12.50 10.79 ƞp2 .331 T1-T3: .002 *
Quality of life Patient
FACT-Br
F(2, 42) = 6.72 .003* 127.12 27.10 138.07 32.91 124.27 29.38 ƞp2 .242 T1-T2: .042*
T2-T3: < .001*
Patient
FACT-G
F(2, 42) = 11.51 < .001* 77.10 16.98 86.50 21.32 73.36 18.22 ƞp2 .354 T1-T2: .010*
T2-T3: < .001*
Caregiver CQOLC F(2,44) = 2.65 .080 56.09 18.51 49.96 21.75 50.26 18.43 ƞp2 .107 n.s.
Preparedness to care Caregiver
PCS
F(1.49, 37.42) = 3.73 # .042* 17.38 7.71 19.77 6.70 19.73 5.30 ƞp2 .130 T1-T3: .043 *

*significant difference across time; n.s. = non-significant.

# Greenhouse-Geisser correction applied.Abbreviations: SCNS-SF34, Supportive Care Needs Survey - Short Form; CNSAT, Carer Support Care Needs Assessment Tool; PINQ, Patient Information Needs Questionnaire; FACT-Br, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - Brain cancer module; FACT-G, Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy - General; CQOLC, Caregiver Quality of Life Index for Cancer; PCS, Preparedness for Caregiving Scale.