The effectiveness of the psychosocial empowerment program in early adjustment among adult burn survivors

BMC Nursing

Table 3 Comparison of pre- and post-intervention outcome measures in control and intervention groups

Group	Before intervention (n = 40)	After intervention (n = 40)	t₁	P	Effect size (Cohen’s)
Group	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD	t₁	P	Effect size (Cohen’s)
Satisfaction
- Control	78.10 ± 23.48	76.48 ± 2.09	0.333	0.741	0.107
- Study	80.27 ± 21.9	53.55 ± 12.28	8.626*	< 0.001*	2.763
t₂(p)	0.428 (0.670)	5.736(< 0.001)
Overall coping
- Control	89.93 ± 20.68	91.0 ± 21.20	0.973	0.337	0.312
- Study	85.18 ± 19.07	99.48 ± 10.21	4.090^*	< 0.001^*	1.310
t₂(p)	1.068(0.289)	2.278^* (0.027^*)
Post-traumatic stress disorders scores
- Control	60.05 ± 23.53	59.23 ± 22.93	0.561	0.578	0.180
- Study	57.53 ± 14.64	50.20 ± 12.13	2.695^*	0.010^*	0.863
t₂(p)	0.576(0.566)	2.200^(0.032^)

t₁Paired t-test comparing between before and after-intervention in each group
t₂Student t-test for comparing between control and study in each before and after intervention
*: Statistically significant at p < 0.05

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