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Table 6 Descriptive heartfelt sadness and longing component of grief

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

Heartfelt sadness and longing

pre-test

Experimental group

25.51

3.05

1.611

0.112

Control group

24.11

4.13

post-test

Experimental group

20.25

2.95

-4.612

 > 0.001

Control group

24.57

4.67

follow-up

Experimental group

21.68

2.69

-5.194

 > 0.001

Control group

25.57

3.50

Repeated measurement variance

Control group

F

0.37

 

P

0.848

Experimental group

F

39.435

P

 > 0.001