Improvement in Stress, General Self-Efficacy, and Health Related Quality of Life following Patient Education for Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors: A Pilot Study

Table 3

Pretest and posttest mean scores, standard deviation (SD), and effect size for scores from T1 to T3 for mental and physical component scores, stress, and general self-efficacy in patients with neuroendocrine tumors (T1, 𝑛 = 36-37; T2, 𝑛 = 37; T3, 𝑛 = 29-30).

	Pretest T1; Mean (SD); (𝑛=36)	Posttest T2; Mean (SD); (𝑛=37)	Posttest T3; Mean (SD); (𝑛=29)	Difference from; T1 to T3; Effect Size
Mental component score	43.3 (9.3)	43.9 (10.7)	43.7 (12.1)	0.03
Physical component scores	42.1 (10.1)	44.8 (8.5)	45.7 (9.1)	0.37
Stress	26.5 (13.6)	23.3 (14.3)	24.2 (14.8)^a	0.16
General self-efficacy	31.2 (3.2)^b	32.00 (3.8)	32.3 (3.7)^c	0.32

 ^{a, c}: 𝑛 = 30; ^b: 𝑛 = 37.
Scores: cancer related stress: 0–75; general self-efficacy: 10–40; mental and physical component scores: mean score: 50. Higher scores indicate better mental and physical component scores, general self-efficacy, and worse cancer related stress.
Abbreviations: T1: test time 1; T2: test time 2; T3: test time 3.