A nurse versus a chatbot ‒ the effect of an empowerment program on chemotherapy-related side effects and the self-care behaviors of women living with breast Cancer: a randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Comparisons of the differences on the effectiveness of self -care behaviors within, among and between groups at baseline and post-intervention

Outcomes		ChemoFreeBot (n = 50) mean (SD)	Routine care (n = 50) mean (SD)	Nurse – led education (n = 50) mean (SD)	F (p)	ChemoFreeBot vs. Routine care	ChemoFreeBot vs. Nurse-led education	Routine care vs. Nurse-led education
Self-care behaviors mean score	Baseline	1.65 ± 0.38	1.85 ± 0.42	1.66 ± 0.43	*181.752(p < .001)** ^a
	Post intervention	2.42 ± 0.49	2.64 ± 0.67	1.81 ± 0.44	*20.134(p < .001)** ^b	p < .001 ^*	p < .001 ^*	p = .118
					*24.252(p < .001)** ^c

F: Mixed design Repeated Measures ANOVA test, SD: Standard deviation, *: Statistically significant at p ≤ .05, ** Significant results after Adjustment for multiple comparisons: Bonferroni
Mixed design repeated measures ANOVA test to assess main effect of time before and after intervention ^a, main effect of three programs ^b and interaction to assess the pattern of change of Self-care behaviours mean score variable along time by program ^c.

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