Table 1.
Comparison of professional quality of life (compassion satisfaction) between the intervention and control groups (n=120)
| Duration of the study | Mean (SD*) |
MD** | Z*** | p | F****, p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention group (n=60) | Control group (n=60) | |||||
| Pretest | 20.67 (1.99) | 20.28 (1.51) | 0.39 | 0.85 | 0.390 | |
| Posttest I | 34.30 (7.66) | 19.85 (1.62) | 14.45 | 9.06 | 0.001 | |
| Posttest II | 35.87 (5.43) | 20.17 (1.25) | 15.70 | 9.08 | 0.001 | 120.102 |
| Posttest III | 37.37 (2.83) | 19.65 (1.49) | 17.72 | 9.59 | 0.001 | 0.001 |
| Posttest IV | 36.47 (2.82) | 19.53 (1.58) | 16.94 | 9.57 | 0.001 | |
| Posttest V | 35.50 (2.81) | 19.37 (1.77) | 16.13 | 9.61 | 0.001 | |
*SD: Standard deviation, **MD: Mean difference, ***Z: Wilcoxon signed-rank test, ****F: RM ANOVA