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Table 3 Change in mood states over time from Time1 to Time3

From: The effectiveness of a men-only supportive expressive group therapy intervention for psychosocial health outcomes in gastrointestinal cancer patients: a 6-month longitudinal study

Outcome (POMS)

Parameter

Estimate

SE

df

t

Sig.

95% CI

Tension-Anxiety

Intercept

7.04

1.05

30.72

6.72

1.67E-07

4.90–9.17

 

T1

2.24

1.04

25.02

2.15

0.04

.10–4.37

 

T2

1.96

0.7

21.04

2.81

0.01

.51–3.41

 

T3

0

0

Depression

Intercept

6.5

1.14

25.05

5.68

6.37E−06

4.15–8.86

 

T1

3.53

1.42

14.79

2.48

0.03

49–6.57

 

T2

2.55

1.35

23.1

1.89

0.07

− 5.58

 

T3

0

0

Anger

Intercept

6.45

1.25

33.41

5.16

1.11E−05

3.91–8.99

 

T1

2.31

1.02

20.9

2.25

0.04

.18–4.43

 

T2

1.82

0.76

20.69

2.4

0.03

.24–3.40

 

T3

0

0

Vigour

Intercept

15.78

1.7

18.52

9.27

2.22E−08

12.21–19.35

 

T1

− 0.29

1.74

21.31

− 0.16

0.87

− 7.22

 

T2

1.3

1.47

14.4

0.89

0.39

− 6.28

 

T3

0

0

Fatigue

Intercept

10.31

1.77

16.14

5.82

2.52E−05

6.56–14.06

 

T1

− 1.77

1.75

16.16

− 1.02

0.32

− 7.39

 

T2

− 1.54

− 1.54

15.41

− 0.89

0.39

− 7.39

 

T3

0

0

Confusion

Intercept

7.83

0.86

31.17

9.08

2.87E−10

6.07–9.58

 

T1

0.42

0.87

24.4

0.49

0.63

− 3.58

 

T2

− 0.84

0.53

17.22

− 1.57

0.13

− 2.25

 

T3

0

0

POMS-TMD

Intercept

22.39

5.9

26.13

3.8

0

10.27–34.51

 

T1

6.85

6.31

21.15

1.09

0.29

− 26.25

 

T2

2.63

5

19.68

0.53

0.6

− 20.87

 

T3

0

0

  1. *T1 = baseline, T2 = 3 months and T3 = 6 months
  2. POMS-TM, Profile of mood states-total mood disorder