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Table 3 Analytic procedure

From: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of an electronic mindfulness-based intervention (eMBI) on maternal mental health during pregnancy: the mindmom study protocol for a randomized controlled clinical trial

 

Statistical test

Number of tests

Test statistic

Relevant effect

Confirmative hypotheses

1–3

2 (group) × 7 (measurement)—ANOVA for repeated measures on the factor “measurement”

2

F-distribution

Group × measurement interaction effect

4–6

2 (group) × 5 (measurement)—ANOVA for repeated measures on the factor “measurement”

1

F-distribution

Group × measurement interaction effect

Exploratory hypotheses

1–9 and 14–16

2 (group) × 3 (measurement)—ANOVA for repeated measures on the factor “measurement”

4

F-distribution

Group × measurement interaction effect

10–12

2 (group) × 2 (measurement)—ANOVA for repeated measures on the factor “measurement”

1

F-distribution

Group × measurement interaction effect

13

t test for independent samples

1

t-distribution

Group main effect

14

One-dimensional χ2 test with 2 cells

3

χ2-distribution

Group main effect