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Table 2 Intervention results - Intention to Treat analysis (n = 31)

From: Decision aids for respite service choices by carers of people with dementia: development and pilot RCT

 

Mean (SD)

 

Intervention

Control

 

Baseline

3 months

Difference

Baseline

3 months

Difference

Total Stress Score

12.33 (5.37)

14.33 (5.87)

2.00 (3.51)

12.50 (3.18)

15.63 (3.54)

3.13 (2.70)*

Total Decisional Conflict Score

34.22 (16.08)

29.22 (15.02)

-5.00 (16.42)

31.04 (18.73)

28.96 (18.59)

-2.08 (15.0)‡

Knowledge Scores

6.47 (1.41)

7.07 (1.71)

.60 (1.76)

6.63 (1.45)

6.88 (1.15)

.25 (1.06)≠

  1. *P = 0.23 (t-test based on logarithms of right-skewed data)
  2. ‡ P = 0.23 (t-test based on logarithms of right-skewed data)
  3. ≠ P = 0.17 (t-test based on ranks of left-skewed data)