Table 2.
Descriptive statistics for pretest and post-test outcome measures and ANCOVA results.
| Intervention group (N = 49) | Control group (N = 42) |
F | P | Eta | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF36 | ||||||
| Physical health | pretest | 57.87(19.61) | 55.17(19.47) | 4.89 | 0.030 | 0.05 |
| posttest | 58.24(19.97) | 48.73(22.23) | ||||
| Mental health | pretest | 51.97(16.37) | 48.16(17.98) | 1.97 | 0.163 | 0.02 |
| posttest | 55.34(17.38) | 47.96(21.83) | ||||
| Total score | pretest | 55.51(15.94) | 52.42(16.30) | 4.39 | 0.039 | 0.048 |
| posttest | 57.07(17.01) | 48.45(20.23) | ||||
| DASS-21 | ||||||
| Depression | pretest | 11.90(8.79) | 13.96(9.35) | 2.59 | 0.111 | 0.03 |
| posttest | 11(8.44) | 14.77(10.16) | ||||
| Anxiety | pretest | 10.28(7.97) | 11.47(8.76) | 0.94 | 0.335 | 0.01 |
| posttest | 10.09(7.49) | 12.33(10.43) | ||||
| Stress | pretest | 17.24(8.53) | 19.06(9.76) | 1.76 | 0.188 | 0.02 |
| posttest | 16.52(8.53) | 19.59(9.37) | ||||
| VAS | ||||||
| pretest | 242.12(199.58) | 274.90(224.56) | 8.53 | 0.004 | 0.09 | |
| posttest | 199.93(183.95) | 329.98(264.86) | ||||
Analysis of covariance with post-tests scores as the dependent variable, group as the independent variable, and pretest scores as covariates.