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Table 3 Comparison of the mean score of the medication adherence in the study groups

From: Do the patient education program and nurse-led telephone follow-up improve treatment adherence in hemodialysis patients? A randomized controlled trial

Time of measurement

Groups

Sig.

Control (n = 33)

Intervention (n = 33)

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Before intervention

75.75 ± 33.35

83.33 ± 38.86

*P-value =0.466

After intervention

84.84 ± 34.19

159.09 ± 34.12

**P-value < 0.001

One month after intervention

89.39 ± 32.49

187.87 ± 21.75

**P-value < 0.001

Three months after intervention

96.90 ± 27.78

192.42 ± 18.20

**P-value < 0.001

Sig.

***P-value =0.1321

***P-value < 0.00052

 
  1. * Independent sample t-test
  2. ** ANCOVA test
  3. *** Repeated measures ANOVA
  4. 1 Mauchly’s Test of Sphericity showed that the hypothesis of sphericity had not been rejected
  5. 2 Mauchly’s Test of Sphericity showed that the hypothesis of sphericity had been rejected. Hence, a Greenhouse-Geisser correction was used