Table 7.
Family caregivers' measurements at baseline assessment and final assessment.
| Intervention (n = 11) | Control (n = 8) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median | St. Dev. | Median | St. Dev. | p-value | |
| Patients' breathlessness (mBorg Scale) | |||||
| Baseline assessment | 5.2 | 1.9 | 4.3 | 1.6 | 0.259 |
| 4th week | 4.6 | 2.7 | 5.8 | 2 | 0.228 |
| Anxiety | |||||
| Baseline assessment | 9.9 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 0.023 |
| 4th week | 9.5 | 3.5 | 8.8 | 3.1 | 0.647 |
| Depression | |||||
| Baseline assessment | 7.8 | 4.1 | 6.3 | 4.9 | 0.472 |
| 4th week | 7.9 | 4.3 | 8.6 | 4.2 | 0.72 |
| Burden | |||||
| Baseline assessment | 37.4 | 11.7 | 24 | 7 | 0.007 |
| 4th week | 35.1 | 10 | 34.8 | 6.3 | 0.928 |