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Table 2 Difference of the Variables by the Group (N = 154)

From: Better caregiver mastery is associated with less anxiety in individuals with cognitive impairment

  

Healthy Patterns Intervention Group

(n = 71)

Control Group

(n = 83)

t

df

p

M ± SD

M ± SD

Neurodegeneration associated with cognitive impairment

Cognitive impairment (T1)

0.80 ± 0.64

0.67 ± 0.34

-1.544

103.287†

0.126

Age (T1)

73.54 ± 8.50

73.02 ± 8.38

-0.374

151

0.709

Patient factors

Changes in sleep impairment

(T2-T1)

-2.10 ± 6.34

-0.70 ± 6.68

1.236

134

0.219

Changes in depression (T2-T1)

-1.21 ± 2.53

-0.52 ± 2.53

1.420

126

0.158

Caregiver factor

Changes in caregiver mastery (T2-T1)

0.88 ± 1.97

-0.02 ± 3.51

-1.811

107.622†

0.073

Anxiety of individuals with cognitive impairment

Changes in anxiety frequency (T2-T1)

-0.23 ± 0.72

-0.19 ± 1.19

0.208

127.534†

0.835

  1. Notes: For the changes in sleep impairment (T2-T1), the greater the negative score indicates improvement of sleep impairment over time. The greater the negative scores of the changes in depression (T2-T1) indicates improvement of depressive symptoms over time
  2. † Satterthwaite’s degrees of freedom with the unequal variances