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Table 3 Comparison of the scores of integrating clients’ R/S into clinical practice (RSIPAS) between the control and intervention groups before and after the training program

From: Empowerment of nurses for integrating clients’ religion/spirituality into clinical practice: outcomes of an online training program

Variables

Time

Before the Intervention

After the Intervention

Within group differences

ES* (Cohen d)

Paired t-test

P- value

Groups

M ± SD

M ± SD

    

Self-efficacy

Intervention

39.46 ± 6.27

45.23 ± 4.71

5.76

1.04

-4.60

0.001

Control

40.82 ± 8.74

41.97 ± 6.08

1.15

0.15

-1.61

0.11

Independent t-test

-0. 54

2.64

    

P-value

0.59

0.01

    

ES* (Cohen d)

0.17

0.59

    

Attitudes

Intervention

43 ± 6.46

44.15 ± 3.97

1.15

0.21

-1.23

0.22

Control

41.02 ± 7.76

41.65 ± 4.98

0.62

0.09

0.74

0.46

Independent t- test

1.23

2.47

    

P-value

0.22

0.01

    

ES* (Cohen d)

0.27

0.55

    

Perceived feasibility

Intervention

16.30 ± 2.68

18.4 ± 1.66

2.1

0.94

-5.05

0.001

Control

15.82 ± 2.91

15.67 ± 2.92

-0.15

0.05

0.37

0.71

Independent t- test

0.75

5.12

    

P-value

0.45

0.001

    

ES* (Cohen d)

0.17

1.21

    

Behaviors

Intervention

22.67 ± 6.26

30.7 ± 4.98

8.02

1.41

-9.29

0.001

Control

23.22 ± 7.77

25.92 ± 6.71

2.70

0.37

-3.73

0.001

Independent t- test

0.34

3.61

    

P-value

0.72

0.001

    

ES* (Cohen d)

0.07

0.80

    

Total of RSIPAS

Intervention

121.53 ± 15.11

138.74 ± 10.88

17.20

1.30

-7.58

0.001

Control

120.79 ± 21.82

125.12 ± 16.42

4.33

0.22

-2.55

0.01

Independent t- test

0.23

4.31

    

P-value

0.81

0.001

    

ES* (Cohen d)

0.03

0.97

    
  1. Bold p-values are significant at level of ≤ 0.05
  2. *Effect size (ES): 0-0.2 = small effect, 0.2–0.5 = moderate effect, > 0.5–0.7 = large effect, and > 0.7 = very large effect