Table 5.

Comparison of difference scores on spouse outcomes between HHH pilot study (n = 26) and HUSH (n = 13) [between-group analysis]

	Mean (SD)	Median	p*	Percent change
Mood and anxiety
CES-D Depressed Mood
HHH pilot	3.58 (6.10)	3.0	0.12
HUSH	6.31 (6.07)	7.0
STAI-Y State Anxiety
HHH pilot	5.69 (7.68)	3.0	0.83
HUSH	5.85 (8.42)	6.0
Self-efficacy
CASE Total Scale
HHH pilot	35.96 (26.72)	33.0		29.3
HUSH	52.31 (32.22)	48.0	0.23	50.6
CASE Wife-Focused Subscale
HHH pilot	26.52 (21.54)	35.0	0.19	29.2
HUSH	39.92 (25.59)	35.0		52.1
CASE Self-Care Subscale
HHH pilot	9.43 (8.54)	11.0	0.44	29.4
HUSH	12.38 (7.81)	11.0		46.3
Marital quality
MIS—Total
HHH pilot	− 0.74 (12.12)	0.0	0.55
HUSH	1.08 (13.29)	5.0
MIS—Open Communication Scale
HHH pilot	0.23 (4.72)	0.5
HUSH	0.92 (4.29)	2.0	0.665
MIS—Expressing Sad Feelings Scale
HHH pilot	− 0.47 (5.63)	0.0
HUSH	0.15 (6.09)	2.0	0.40
Spanier Dyadic Adjustment: Total Scale
HHH pilot	1.97 (7.61)	0.0
HUSH	3.78 (7.94)	3.0	0.51
Spanier Subscales, Consensus
HHH pilot	0.56 (4.74)	0.0	0.40
HUSH	1.92 (5.02)	2.0
Spanier Subscales, Satisfaction
HHH pilot	0.72 (2.59)	0.0	0.78
HUSH	0.98 (2.74)	0.77
Spanier Subscales, Affectional Expression
HHH pilot	0.61 (1.33)	0.0	0.92
HUSH	0.58 (1.15)	0.0
Spanier Subscales, Cohesion
HHH pilot	0.08 (1.68)	0.0	0.54
HUSH	0.31 (1.60)	1.0
Spouse skills
Self-care Subscale
HHH pilot	2.08 (3.46)	2.0	0.84
HUSH	1.62 (4.54)	2.0
Wife-support Subscale
HHH pilot	1.60 (3.38)	1.0	0.12
HUSH	4.08 (4.00)	5.0

^*Mann–Whitney U test, 2-tailed: between-group analysis comparing difference score (d) between HUSH and HHH pilot study