Outcomes measured (maximum score) | Group | Median (IQR) score | Median change (IQR) in score for pairs6-150 | Difference in median change in score | Comparison of median changes** | ||||||||
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Immediately after intervention | 6 months | Immediately after intervention - baseline | 6 months - immediately after intervention | 6 months - baseline | |||||||||
Self-management skills: | |||||||||||||
Slow onset (17) | Intervention | 10.5 (8–13) | 11.0 (8–13) | 0 (−2 to 2) | 0 (−1 to 2) | 0 (−2 to 3) | |||||||
(n = 34) | (n = 30) | (n = 34) | (n = 29) | (n = 30) | W = 0.71 | ||||||||
0 | p = 0.48 | ||||||||||||
Control | — | 12.0 (8–13) | — | 0 (0 to 4) | |||||||||
— | (n = 47) | — | (n = 47) | ||||||||||
(p = 0.02) | |||||||||||||
Rapid onset (23) | Intervention | 17.0 (13–19) | 16.0 (13–18) | 2 (−1 to 5) | 0 (−4.5 to 2) | 0 (−3 to 3) | |||||||
(n = 34) | (n = 29) | (n = 34) | (n = 28) | (n = 29) | W = 0.66 | ||||||||
(p = 0.04) | 0 | p = 0.51 | |||||||||||
Control | — | 16.0 (14–18) | — | 0 (−1 to 3) | |||||||||
— | (n = 47) | — | (n=47) |
↵6-150 Wilcoxon signed rank test; **Wilcoxon rank sum test.
IQR = interquartile range.