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. 2020 May 18;55(1):65–76. doi: 10.1093/abm/kaaa031

Table 2.

Treatment effects and between- and within-group changes over 24 weeks in participants randomized to an aerobic exercise experimental group and control arm

Outcome Unstandardized treatment effect Change over time in control group Change over time in aerobic intervention
Effect 95% CI Change 95% CI Change 95% CI
Positive aspects of caregiving (multiple imputation) 0.34 -0.03, 0.71 0.08 −0.18, 0.31 0.42* 0.15, 0.68
Positive aspects of caregiving (casewise deletion) 0.22 −0.14, 0.59 0.07 −0.20, 0.34 0.27* 0.02, 0.56
Caregiver burden (multiple imputation) −4.60* −8.82, −0.38 −1.99 −4.92, 0.95 −6.59* −9.62, −3.55
Caregiver burden (casewise deletion) −4.69 −9.58, 0.21 −2.19 −5.52, 1.13 −6.88* −10.48, −3.29
Depressive symptoms −2.59* −4.79, −0.38 −1.43 −2.96, 0.10 −4.02* −5.60, −2.43
Loneliness −0.43 −2.40, 1.54 −2.25* −3.61, −0.89 −2.68* −4.10, −1.26
Social support 0.02 −0.16, 0.19 0.13* 0.01, 0.25 0.14* 0.02, 0.27
Rumination −0.06 −0.27, 0.15 −0.19* −0.33, −0.04 −0.25* −0.40, −0.10
Emotional regulation
 Expressive suppression −0.07 −0.52, 0.38 0.19 −0.13, 0.50 0.11 −0.21, 0.44
 Cognitive reappraisal 0.08 −0.31, 0.47 −0.04 −0.31, 0.23 0.05 −0.23, 0.33
Mastery 1.78* 0.09, 3.46 0.48 −0.69, 1.65 2.26* 1.04, 3.48
Optimism 0.19 −0.24, 0.61 0.09 −0.20, 0.39 0.28 −0.02, 0.59
Pessimism −0.01 −0.42, 0.41 −0.04 −0.33, 0.25 −0.05 −0.35, 0.25
Anger −0.08 −0.20, 0.04 −0.04 −0.13, 0.04 −0.12* −0.21, −0.03

CI confidence interval.

*p < .05.