Table 10.
Post hoc comparison of coping strategies (COPE-28) between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) severity groups: non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH; with and without significant fibrosis) and no-NASH (with and without significant fibrosis).
| COPE-28 |
Ga–Gb: p (da) |
Ga–Gc: p (da) |
Ga–Gd: p (da) |
Gb–Gc: p (da) |
Gb–Gd: p (da) |
Gc–Gd: p (da) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active coping | 0.002 (0.402 S) | 0.92 (0.142 N) | 0.54 (−0.152 N) | 0.56 (−0.266 S) | <0.001 (−0.567 M) | 0.56 (−0.303 S) |
| Planning | 0.82 (0.093 N) | 0.74 (−0.219 S) | 0.17 (−0.239 S) | 0.46 (−0.322 S) | 0.03 (−0.343 S) | 1.00 (−0.020 N) |
| Instrumental support | 0.41 (0.172 N) | 0.45 (0.328 S) | 0.97 (−0.049 N) | 0.91 (0.154 N) | 0.24 (−0.216 S) | 0.33 (−0.368 S) |
| Emotional support | 0.91 (0.060 N) | 0.95 (0.113 N) | 0.49 (−0.166 N) | 1.00 (0.042 N) | 0.19 (−0.236 S) | 0.58 (−0.284 S) |
| Self-distraction | 0.93 (−0.070 N) | 0.89 (0.120 N) | 0.22 (−0.226 S) | 0.68 (0.198 N) | 0.58 (−0.151 N) | 0.17 (−0.386 S) |
| Venting | 0.97 (−0.048 N) | 0.91 (0.150 N) | 0.98 (0.049 N) | 0.81 (0.196 N) | 0.87 (0.097 N) | 0.97 (−0.101 N) |
| Disengagement | 0.02 (−0.314 S) | 0.68 (−0.254 S) | 0.08 (0.274 S) | 1.00 (0.046 N) | <0.001 (0.589 M) | 0.21 (0.511 M) |
| Positive reframing | 0.002 (0.396 S) | 0.76 (0.192 N) | 1.00 (0.020 N) | 0.79 (−0.179 N) | 0.008 (−0.378 S) | 0.83 (−0.175 N) |
| Denial | 0.008 (−0.367 S) | 0.94 (−0.135 N) | 0.91 (0.082 N) | 0.77 (0.209 S) | 0.002 (0.436 S) | 0.84 (0.204 S) |
| Acceptance | 0.005 (0.362 S) | 0.75 (0.218 S) | 0.19 (−0.228 S) | 0.86 (−0.152 N) | <0.001 (−0.586 M) | 0.22 (−0.449 S) |
| Religion | 0.49 (−0.164 N) | 0.94 (−0.127 N) | 0.65 (−0.135 N) | 1.00 (0.044 N) | 1.00 (0.025 N) | 1.00 (−0.017 N) |
| Substance use | 0.97 (0.000 N) | 0.95 (0.000 N) | 0.76 (0.000 N) | 0.99 (0.000 N) | 0.95 (0.000 N) | 1.00 (0.000 N) |
| Humor | 0.04 (0.294 S) | 0.84 (0.170 N) | 0.99 (−0.037 N) | 0.94 (−0.128 N) | 0.03 (−0.343 S) | 0.77 (−0.215 S) |
| Self-blame | 0.07 (−0.127 N) | 1.00 (0.000 N) | 0.09 (0.281 S) | 0.88 (0.135 N) | 0.005 (0.387 S) | 0.48 (0.302 S) |
Tukey's honestly significant difference or Games–Howell for post hoc multiple comparisons was applied depending on whether or not they met the assumption of homoscedasticity.
Ga, no-NASH without significant fibrosis; Gb, NASH with significant fibrosis; Gc, no-NASH with significant fibrosis; Gd, NASH without significant fibrosis; COPE-28, Brief COPE.
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Effect sizes: N, null; S, small; M, medium.