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Table 3 Intervention results - per protocol analysis results (n = 29, excepting DCS n = 26)

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)

14.08 (5.87)

-2.38 (3.57)

12.50 (3.18)

15.63 (3.54)

3.13 (2.70) *

Total Decisional Conflict Score

34.22 (16.08)

28.21 (14.88)

-6.01 (17.40)

31.04 (18.73)

29.49 (20.39)

-1.55(15.70)‡

Knowledge Scores

6.54 (1.45)

7.15 (1.82)

-.62 (1.8)

6.63 (1.45)

6.88 (1.15)

-.25 (1.06) ≠

  1. *P = 0.31 (t-test based on logarithms of right-skewed data)
  2. ‡ P = 0.29 (t-test based on logarithms of right-skewed data)
  3. ≠ P = 0.15 based on ranks of left-skewed data)