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Table 4 Descriptive indicators of grief experience

From: Effects of a compassion-based program on the grief experienced by caregivers of people suffering from dementia: a randomized controlled clinical trial

Variable

 

Group

M

SD

Independent t-test

T

Sig

Grief experience

pre-test

Experimental group

71.34

6.95

1.133

0.266

Control group

69.14

9.14

post-test

Experimental group

56.82

6.93

-6.921

 > 0.001

Control group

70.74

9.66

follow-up

Experimental group

60.60

6.00

-7.168

 > 0.001

Control group

72.42

7.67

Frequent measurement variance

Control group

F

0.459

 

P

0.503

Experimental group

F

32.390

P

 > 0.001