Effectiveness outcomes | ||||
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Variable/outcome | Hypothesis | Measure | Group(s)a | Method of analysis |
Physical functioning | Improve more in the intervention group | Physical Component Summary (PCS-12) [58] | CT, CG | Means and standard deviations, t tests for comparing change from baseline (T 1) to 6 months (T 2) in the intervention and control groups ANCOVA analysis to explore predictors of primary outcome multiple regression with backward selection to explore impact of dose on primary outcome |
Mental functioning | Improve more in the intervention group | Mental Component Summary (MCS) from SF-12 [61] | CT, CG | |
Depressive symptoms | Larger reduction in the intervention group | Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D-10) [62–65] | CT, CG | |
Anxiety | Larger reduction in the intervention group | CT | ||
Self-management | More improvement in the intervention group | CT | ||
Self-efficacy | More improvement in the intervention group | Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item scale [52, 74–81] | CT | |
Caregiver strain | Larger reduction in the intervention group | Modified Caregiver Strain Index (CSI) – 13 items [73] | CG | |
Interprofessional team collaboration | Improvement in collaboration over 6 months in the intervention group | INT |