Table 6 Comparing mean changes in social and emotional care burdens between four groups of caregivers
| Â | Emotional care burden | Social care burden | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group | T2-T1 | T3-T1 | T3-T2 | T2-T1 | T3-T1 | T3-T2 | ||
Patient-centered education | Mean | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.16 | 0.01 | 0.13 | 0.13 | |
SD | 0.53 | 0.68 | 0.37 | 0.77 | 0.76 | 0.34 | ||
Caregiver-centered education | Mean | -1.06 | -0.87 | 0.19 | -2.00 | -1.68 | 0.32 | |
SD | 1.41 | 1.50 | 0.40 | 1.81 | 1.89 | 0.54 | ||
Patient and caregiver education | Mean | -0.97 | -0.90 | 0.06 | -1.90 | -1.55 | 0.35 | |
SD | 1.05 | 1.16 | 0.36 | 1.74 | 1.82 | 0.61 | ||
Control | Mean | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.06 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 0.19 | |
SD | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.25 | 0.77 | 0.77 | 0.40 | ||
Comparing the four groups | F statistic | 14.746 | 11.472 | 1.114 | 24.105 | 18.900 | 1.499 | |
Significance level | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.346 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.218 | ||
Comparing patient-centered and caregiver-centered education | Significance level | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | |
95% confidence interval for mean difference | 0.581; 1.548 | 0.474; 1.534 | - | 1.312; 2.688 | 1.093; 2.520 | - | ||
Comparing patient-centered and patient and caregiver education | Significance level | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | |
95% confidence interval for mean difference | 0.484; 1.451 | 0.506; 1.567 | - | 1.215; 2.591 | 0.964; 2.391 | - | ||
Comparing patient-centered education and control | Significance level | 0.357 | 0.559 | - | 0.459 | 0.373 | - | |
95% confidence interval for mean difference | -0.709; 0.258 | -0.687; 0.373 | - | -0.946; 0.430 | -1.036; 0.391 | - | ||
Comparing caregiver-centered and patient and caregiver education | Significance level | 0.690 | 0.904 | - | 0.781 | 0.721 | - | |
95% confidence interval for mean difference | -0.576; 0.383 | -0.494; 0.558 | - | -0.785; 0.591 | -0.843; 0.585 | - | ||
Comparing caregiver-centered education and control | Significance level | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | |
95% confidence interval for mean difference | -1.770; -0.811 | -1.687; -0.636 | - | -2.946; -1.570 | -2.843; -1.415 | - | ||
Comparing Patient and caregiver education and control | Significance level | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | - | |
95% confidence interval for mean difference | -1.673; -0.714 | -1.719; -0.668 | - | -2.849; -1.473 | -2.714; -1.286 | - | ||