Table 4.
Comparison of the total scores of psychosocial and spiritual problems as well as need for additional professional support assessed at initiation of specialist palliative care (T0) and at follow-up (T1) using repeated measures ANOVA
| O-SPC | I-SPC | Main Effect Time | Main Effect Setting | Setting x Time Interaction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M (SD) | M (SD) | df | F | p | ŋp2 | df | F | p | ŋp2 | df | F | p | ŋp2 | |
| Score “Extent of psychosocial and spiritual problems” (0–22) | ||||||||||||||
| At initiation of SPC (T0) | 11.2 (4.9) | 10.8 (3.8) | 1 | .797 | .373 | .005 | 1 | .000 | .996 | .000 | 1 | .700 | .404 | .004 |
| During SPC (T1) | 10.5 (4.7) | 10.8 (4.7) | ||||||||||||
| Score “Extent of need for additional professional support” (0–22) | ||||||||||||||
| At admission (T0) | 4.8 (5.8) | 3.6 (3.5) | 1 | 13.158 | <.001 | .106 | 1 | .158 | .692 | .001 | 1 | 2.087 | .151 | .018 |
| During SPC (T1) | 1.9 (3.3) | 2.4 (3.8) | ||||||||||||
Significant p-values are marked in bold
Abbreviations: SPC specialist palliative care, M mean, SD standard deviation, d.f. degrees of freedom, F F-statistic, ŋp2 partial eta square, p probability of type I error