Table 2.

The comparison of the mean scores of the quality of life and self-efficacy in patients with hypertension before, immediately after, and eight weeks after the intervention within and between the experimental and control groups

Time		Before the intervention	Immediately after the intervention	Eight weeks after the intervention	F	P value ** (Within group)
Statistic		Mean±SD	Mean±SD	Mean±SD
	Group
Quality of life	Experimental	87.02±24.30	94.40±25.30	106.50±26.50	8.33	<0.001
	Control	86.30±23.30	87.20±22.80	85.50±22.50	3.86	0.03
P value* (Between groups)	0.91	0.32	0.03
Self-efficacy	Experimental	65.50±12.30	68.50±12.70	70.50±13.50	8.75	<0.001
	Control	65.30±12.10	66.50±12.20	65.70±12.00	4.80	0.01
P value*(Between groups)	0.92	0.47	0.10

^* Independent t-test;

^** Repeated measurement ANOVA