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Table 8 Caregiver distress, eating-related distress, self-efficacy, anxiety and depression of family caregivers at baseline and week 5

From: The effects of a family-centered psychosocial-based nutrition intervention in patients with advanced cancer: the PiCNIC2 pilot randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention group (n = 8)

Control group(n = 12)

Between-group effect size b

P value c

Estimated mean (SE) a

Change from baseline mean (SE) a

Estimated mean (SE) a

Change from baseline mean (SE) a

CDC

 Baseline

0.53 (0.12)

 

0.68 (0.10)

   

 Week 5

0.56 (0.17)

0.04 (0.23)

0.58 (0.13)

−0.10 (0.18)

−0.29

0.63

Eating-related distress (single item)

 Baseline

1.80 (0.84)

 

3.18 (0.69)

   

 Week 5

3.35 (1.14)

1.54 (1.13)

5.27 (0.97)

2.09 (1.24)

−0.74

0.76

ERDQ

 Baseline

47.65 (1.93)

 

45.92 (1.59)

   

 Week 5

46.80 (2.68)

−0.68 (2.90)

46.64 (2.12)

−0.28 (1.90)

0.17

0.66

CaSES

 Baseline

2.79 (0.13)

 

2.62 (0.11)

   

 Week 5

2.53 (0.16)

−0.28 (0.09)

2.63 (0.14)

0.03 (0.13)

0.08

0.14

HADS_anxiety

 Baseline

8.06 (0.87)

 

9.44 (0.72)

   

 Week 5

8.62 (1.08)

0.57 (0.99)

9.69 (0.87)

0.25 (0.81)

−0.49

0.81

HADS_depression

 Baseline

7.98 (0.92)

 

9.52 (0.73)

   

 Week 5

10.11 (1.11)

2.12 (1.36)

8.34 (0.89)

−1.16 (0.70)

0.04

0.02

  1. CDC Caregiver Distress Checklist, ERDQ Eating-related Distress Questionnaire, CaSES Caregiver Self-Efficacy Scale, HADS Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale
  2. a Estimated mean and standard error (SE) from linear mixed-effects model
  3. b Effect size calculation was based on the between-group difference in total scores divided by pooled standard deviation
  4. c P value for group * time interaction of mean score using linear mixed-effects models