resultsThere were no significant differences between the case and control groups with respect to age, sex, occupational status, educational level, height, weight, smoking habits and stage of disease (p>0.05).Table 1 compares the mean fatigue score in case and control group participants at the pre- and post-test stages within and between the groups. This shows the effect of intervention on the level of fatigue. Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) was used after statistical control of the pre-test effect and found that home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation had a significant effect on the dependent variable (fatigue) (p<0.001). The eta-squared coefficient confirmed that the intervention was responsible for 89% of fatigue improvement at the post-test stage. Table 2 compares the mean ADL scores of the case and control groups at pre- and post-test stages within and between groups, which shows the effect of intervention on ADL level. The ANCOVA test also showed that home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation had a significant effect on the dependent variable (ADL) (p<0.001). The eta-squared coefficient confirmed the moderate efficacy of the intervention on the ADL level at post-test stage (62% of ADL changes). Table 3 compares the mean QOL scores of the case and control groups at pre- and post-test stages within and between groups, which shows the effect of intervention on QOL level. The ANCOVA test used after statistical control of the pre-test effect showed that home-based nursing pulmonary rehabilitation had a significant effect on the dependent variable (QOL) (p<0.001). The eta-squared coefficient confirmed the moderate efficacy of the intervention up to almost 50%.
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