Brief PETS scorea | Marital status | Education status | Self-management routine?e | |||
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Unmarried N = 152 | Married / partnered N = 240 | HS graduate or less N = 165 | College-educ. N = 229 | No N = 48 | Yes N = 152 | |
Workload indexb | ||||||
 Mean (SD) | 34.7 (21.0) | 24.7 (16.1) | 35.6 (19.7) | 27.3 (19.6) | 31.3 (19.3) | 21.9 (16.1) |
 T (Effect size) | T(386) = 5.01, P < .001 (d = 0.51) | T(388) = 4.19, P < .001 (d = 0.42) | T(197) = 3.37, P < .005 (d = 0.54) | |||
Impact indexc | ||||||
 Mean (SD) | 39.5 (25.3) | 26.4 (24.9) | 41.8 (24.8) | 28.9 (25.4) | 35.9 (24.8) | 22.2 (22.2) |
 T (Effect size) | T(384) = 5.00, P < .001 (d = 0.51) | T(386) = 4.97, P < .001 (d = 0.50) | T(198) = 3.64, P < .001 (d = 0.58) | |||
Dietd | ||||||
 Mean (SD) | 55.7 (24.6) | 44.1 (22.6) | 57.3 (24.2) | 48.1 (23.7) | 57.4 (25.7) | 42.8 (24.8) |
 T (Effect size) | T(249) = 3.60, P < .001 (d = 0.47) | T(249) = 3.03, P < .005 (d = 0.38) | T(92) = 2.23, P < .05 (d = 0.57) | |||
Exercise / Phys. Ther.d | ||||||
Mean (SD) | 65.0 (24.9) | 50.9 (25.3) | 64.6 (24.7) | 56.2 (26.2) | 56.0 (27.6) | 50.3 (25.4) |
 T (Effect size) | T(276) = 4.51, P < .001 (d = 0.54) | T(278) = 2.73, P < .01 (d = 0.33) | T(119) = 0.98, NS (d = 0.22) | |||
Medical expenses | ||||||
Mean (SD) | 48.8 (26.7) | 42.0 (26.3) | 51.0 (26.1) | 42.7 (26.9) | 46.6 (28.9) | 41.2 (26.8) |
 T (Effect size) | T(356) = 2.38, P < .05 (d = 0.25) | T(358) = 2.91, P < .005 (d = 0.31) | T(186) = 1.14, NS (d = 0.20) | |||
Diff. healthcare services | ||||||
 Mean (SD) | 47.5 (27.0) | 37.5 (22.8) | 50.9 (26.5) | 37.4 (24.2) | 35.2 (20.9) | 32.8 (23.7) |
 T (Effect size) | T(286) = 3.24, P < .001 (d = 0.39) | T(289) = 4.53, P < .001 (d = 0.52) | T(134) = 0.53, NS (d = 0.10) | |||
Med. side-effect bother | ||||||
 Mean (SD) | 23.3 (28.4) | 20.4 (26.1) | 22.5 (27.8) | 21.7 (27.4) | 22.9 (26.2) | 18.0 (26.6) |
 T (Effect size) | T(384) = 1.01, NS (d = 0.11) | T(386) = 0.28, NS (d = 0.03) | T(197) = 1.11, NS (d = 0.32) |