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

Table 6 Comparison of the mean score of the total treatment adherence in the study groups

Time of measurement	Groups		Sig.
	Control (n = 33)	Intervention (n = 33)
	Mean ± SD	Mean ± SD
Before intervention	513.63 ± 125.52	566.93 ± 117.43	*P-value =0.436
After intervention	615.90 ± 113.50	903.63 ± 91.89	**P-value < 0.001
One month after intervention	650.57 ± 31.53	1010.60 ± 82.68	**P-value < 0.001
Three months after intervention	680.30 ± 107.43	1057.57 ± 80.64	**P-value < 0.001
Sig.	***P-value =0.076¹	***P-value < 0.0005²

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

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