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Table 2 Participant Characteristics at Pre-intervention examines as moderator/action

From: Behavior change following a self-management intervention for housebound older adults with arthritis: an experimental study

 

Experimental N = 65

Control N = 48

 
 

M

(SD)

M

(SD)

p (1)

Age

77.0

10.4

78.7

10.2

p = .81

Education

9.4

4.1

9.2

4.2

p = .89

Socioeconomic status

     

   High (%)

87.7

72.9

p = .20

   Low (%)

12.3

27.1

p = .12

Composite Psychological factor

-.02

(.93)

-.04

(1.01)

p = .76

   Optimism

3.27

(.84)

3.39

(.73)

p = .51

   Mastery

2.92

(.61)

2.80

(.73)

p = .44

   Self-efficacy

56.67

(14.79)

53.17

(14.38)

p = .61

Depression

19.05

(12.4)

20.21

(11.2)

p = .79

Type of arthritis, OA (%)

58.5

66.7

p = .57

Composite Physical factor

- .03

(-.99)

-.15

(1.02)

p = .16

   Pain intensity

65.31

(24.79)

63.65

(22.49)

p = .77

   Fatigue

66.00

(28.97)

72.60

(23.83)

p = .40

   Functional limitations

3.43

(1.37)

3.31

(1.29)

p = .58

   Stiffness

3.11

(.97)

3.24

(.90)

p = .37

  1. 1 Comparison of the 2 groups via independent samples t-tests and chi-squares for categorical variables.