Family-Centered Interventions and Quality of Life of Clients with Ostomy

Table 3

Comparison of mean scores of QOL and its subscales in clients of the experimental and control groups before and after intervention.

QOLAspect	Group	Mean ± SD		Paired t-test or Wilcoxon signed rank test	Sig.
		Pre	Post
Physical health	Experimental	9.69 ± 38.11	14.05 ± 47	T = −3.22	0.003
	Control	10.43 ± 39	8.14 ± 40.86	T = −2.93	0.006
	Independent t-test	T = -0.37; Sig = 0.71	T = 2.24; Sig = 0.028
Psychological health	Experimental	5.6 ± 60.29	5.09 ± 64	T = −11.125	0.0001
	Control	6.07 ± 58.4	5.78 ± 59.71	Z = −3.27	0.01
	Independent t-test/U Mann–Whitney	T = 1.35; Sig = 0.18	Z = -3.12; Sig = 0.002
Social health	Experimental	5.63 ± 65.31	5.29 ± 67.48	T = −3.7	0.001
	Control	7.14 ± 64.2	4.86 ± 65.31	T = 0.365	0.717
	Independent t-test	T = 0.72; Sig = 0.47	T = 1.79; Sig = 0.078
Spiritual health	Experimental	6.71 ± 34.26	6.16 ± 37.63	Z = −4.56	0.001
	Control	5.93 ± 33.6	5.74 ± 33.37	T = −0.173	0.86
	Independent t-test/U Mann–Whitney	T = 0.434; Sig = 0.66	Z = -2.597; Sig = 0.009
QOL	Experimental	14.49 ± 197.97	11.8 ± 207.49	T−/5.3	0.0001
	Control	15.11 ± 195.2	13.58 ± 199.03	T = −3.32	0.002
	Independent t-test	T = 0.78; Sig = 0.44	T = 2.87; Sig = 0.007