Table 6.
Differences between groups: independent samples t-test and Cohen’s d coefficient. Gr. 1: chronic disease, n = 137; Gr. 2: healthy persons, n = 146.
| Variables | Chronic Diseases | Healthy | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | p | t | Cohen’s d | |
| Δstrategies | 2.440 | 1.678 | 1.941 | 1.361 | 0.013 | 2.516 | 0.369 |
| Δawareness | 1.542 | 1.128 | 1.436 | 1.136 | 0.474 | 0.717 | 0.093 |
| Δimpulse | 2.084 | 1.204 | 1.967 | 1.244 | 0.464 | 0.734 | 0.096 |
| Δgoals | 1.716 | 1.314 | 1.656 | 1.257 | 0.722 | 0.356 | 0.046 |
| Δclarity | 2.433 | 1.386 | 1.696 | 1.251 | 0.000 | 4.293 | 0.589 |
| ΔED | 5.172 | 1.985 | 4.544 | 1.572 | 0.007 | 2.706 | 0.399 |
Differences are significant at the 0.008 level (Bonferroni adjusted p-value). The values that are significant after correction for multi-testing are indicated in the table in boldface.