Effectiveness of a brief hope intervention for chronic kidney disease patients on the decisional conflict and quality of life: a pilot randomized controlled trial

Table 3 Results of the GEE models

Variables		Adjusted Model^#
Variables		β	SE	95% CI	Wald χ²	P
State Hope Scale—Total	Time	0.659	0.757	[-0.824, 2.143]	0.759	0.384
	Group	-1.383	2.715	[-6.703, 3.937]	0.260	0.610
	Group*Time	1.690	0.976	[-0.222, 3.603]	3.001	0.083
Decisional Conflict Scale—Total	Time	-16.911	1.419	[-19.692, -14.131]	142.126	< 0.001*
	Group	-10.551	5.629	[-21.584, 0.482]	3.513	0.061
	Group*Time	5.519	1.965	[1.667, 9.370]	7.885	0.005*
Decisional Conflict Scale—Being informed	Time	-24.705	2.731	[-30.057, -19.354]	81.863	< 0.001*
	Group	-16.551	9.735	[-35.632, 2.530]	2.890	0.089
	Group*Time	9.724	3.660	[2.550, 16.898]	7.058	0.008*
Decisional Conflict Scale—Values clarity	Time	-25.039	3.143	[-31.200, -18.878]	63.452	0.000*
	Group	-26.314	9.898	[-45.713, -6.915]	7.068	0.008*
	Group*Time	14.237	4.072	[6.256, 22.218]	12.225	< 0.001*
KDQOL-36 Subscales
KDQOL-36—SF12
KDQOL-36 (PCS)^a	Time	1.873	2.041	[-2.127, 5.874]	0.843	0.359
	Group	-4.677	7.828	[-20.020, 10.666]	0.357	0.550
	Group*Time	3.590	3.328	[-2.934, 10.113]	1.163	0.281
KDQOL-36 (MCS)^b	Time	-0.155	1.549	[-2.882, 3.192]	0.010	0.920
	Group	-12.575	7.096	[-26.483, 1.333]	3.140	0.076
	Group*Time	6.093	2.343	[1.501, 6.763]	6.763	0.009*
KDQOL-36—Effects of kidney disease	Time	-1.470	1.201	[-3.823, 0.883]	1.499	0.221
	Group	-7.111	4.148	[-15.241, 1.020]	2.938	0.087
	Group*Time	4.475	1.551	[1.435, 7.516]	8.324	0.004*

KDQOL Kidney Disease Quality of Life Questionnaire, ^aPhysical Component Summary; ^bMental Component Summary
^#Age and sex adjusted; SE standard error, CI confidence interval
^*p < 0.05
Only total scores and significant subscales scores of the respective scale are stated in this table. Full set of GEE results can be found in the supplementary table 1

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