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Table 3 Changes in scores on the Social Subscale for patients and partners

From: The measurement of response shift in patients with advanced prostate cancer and their partners

Months 0 – 3

  

Months 3 – 6

  

Pre-test – Then-test ('Response Shift') (p*)

Patients (n = 53)

0.4 (0.1)

Pre-test – Then-test ('Response Shift') (p*)

Patients (n = 53)

0.2 (0.1)

 

95% C.I.

-0.1 – 0.8

 

95% C.I.

-0.5 – 0.6

 

Partners (n = 41)

0.3 (0.3)

 

Partners (n = 38)

1.6 (<0.001)

 

95% C.I.

-0.3 – 0.8

 

95% C.I.

1.0 – 2.2

Pre-test – Post-test ('Traditional Change') (p*)

Patients (n = 53)

0.04 (0.8)

Pre-test – Post-test ('Traditional Change') (p*)

Patients (n = 53)

-0.1 (0.6)

 

95% C.I.

-0.3 – 0.3

 

95% C.I.

-0.4 – 0.2

 

Partners (n = 41)

0.5 (0.02)

 

Partners (n = 38)

-0.7 (0.004)

 

95% C.I.

0.06 – 0.9

 

95% C.I.

-1.2 – 0.2

Then-test – Post-test ('Actual Change') (p*)

Patients (n = 53)

0.4 (0.1)

Then-test – Post-test ('Actual Change') (p*)

Patients (n = 53)

0.1 (0.3)

 

95% C.I.

-0.04 – 0.8

 

95% C.I.

-0.3 – 0.1

 

Partners (n = 41)

0.8 (0.001)

 

Partners (n = 38)

0.9 (0.001)

 

95% C.I.

0.3 – 1.2

 

95% C.I.

0.4 – 1.4

  1. *Paired t-test