Table 2. Structural equation modelling results.
| Preparedness domains (PSCQ) | Global health/QOL and functional status domains (EORTC) | Distress thermometer Est. (p) |
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| Domain 1 Est.(95% CI)) |
Domain 2 Est. (p) |
Domain 3 Est. (p) |
Domain 4 Est. (p) |
QOL1 Est. (p) |
EMOTION Est. (p) |
PHYSICAL1 Est. (p) |
ROLE1 Est. (p) |
COGNITIVE1 Est. (p) |
SOCIAL1 Est. (p) |
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| Regression on intercept2 | |||||||||||
| Intercept | 88.2 (86.3:90.1) p < 0.001 |
90.1 (88.5:91.7) p < 0.001 |
80.1 (78.4:83.3) p < 0.001 |
87.7 (85.9:89.6) p < 0.001 |
71.2 (68.2:74.2) p < 0.001 |
73.6 (71.2:76) p < 0.001 |
86.3 (84.4:88.3) p < 0.001 |
83.3 (79.5:87.1) p < 0.001 |
87.1 (84.9:89.4) p < 0.001 |
86.7 (84:89.3) p < 0.001 |
3.0 (2.7:3.2) p < 0.001 |
| Intervention3 | 0.0 (-2.6:2.6) p = 0.99 |
-0.4 (-2.7:2.0) p = 0.76 |
3.5 (0.2:6.8) p = 0.04 |
-0.1 (-2.7:2.5) p = 0.97 |
-2.4 (-6.8:2.0) p = 0.28 |
-1.5 (-4.9:2) p = 0.41 |
-1.8 (-4.7:1.2) p = 0.25 |
-4.2 (-9.1:0.7) p = 0.09 |
-0.9 (-4.3:2.5) p = 0.61 |
-4.0 (-8.1:0.2) p = 0.06 |
0.3 (-0.1:0.6) p = 0.15 |
| Regression on slope2 | |||||||||||
| Slope | -18.8 (16.3:21.4) p < 0.001 |
-7.6 (-9.9:-5.4) p < 0.001 |
-9.7 (-12.5:-7.0) p < 0.001 |
-10.0 (-12.3:-7.7) p < 0.001 |
-0.3 (-3.7:3.1) p = 0.88 |
7.5 (5:9.9) p < 0.001 |
-11.5 (-14.2:-8.9) p < 0.001 |
-17.5 (-22.2:-12.9) p < 0.001 |
-1.1 (-2.6:0.5) p = 0.18 |
-6.3 (-9.9:-2.6) p < 0.001 |
-0.0 (-0.5:0.0) (0.04) |
| Intervention effect3 | 4.7 (1.3:8.1) p = 0.01 |
0.9 (-1.8:3.7) p = 0.51 |
-0.9 (-4.4:2.7) p = 0.64 |
2.3 (-0.5:5.1) p = 0.11 |
2.6 (-2.4:7.7) p = 0.30 |
0.3 (-2.4:3) p = 0.81 |
2.6 (-0.9:6.2) p = 0.15 |
9.6 (2.2:16.9) p = 0.01 |
0.6 (-1.2:2.5) p = 0.50 |
3.9 (-0.9:8.8) p = 0.11 |
-0.07 (-0.3:0.1) p = 0.45 |
| Model fit | |||||||||||
| Χ2 (Df) | 95.5 (46) | 103.8 (46) | 80.0 (46) | 88.2 (46) | 84.9 (29) | 60.1 (29) | 74.9 (29) | 60.1 (29) | 27.1 (29) | 54.7 (29) | 54.8 |
| RMSEA | 0.05 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.04 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.02 |
| CFI | 0.94 | 0.93 | 0.96 | 0.95 | 0.90 | 0.98 | 0.94 | 0.93 | 1.00 | 0.95 | 0.98 |
Notes. Est. = parameter estimate. RMSEA = root mean square error of approximation. CFI = comparative fit index. Slope = change from time point 1 to 3. Intercept = score at time point 1.
1 EORTC subscale not administered at time point 2.
2 Controlling for age, sex, ostomy, presence of reoperations, adjuvant therapy, hospital, type of cancer, ASA class, type of surgery and readmissions.
3 0 = control group, 1 = intervention group.