Coaching in self-efficacy improves care responses, health and well-being in dementia carers: a pre/post-test/follow-up study

Table 5 Changes in Caring Hassles: Non, Individual, Group Coaching

Caregiving Hassles
Hassles subscales	Stage	Non coaching		Individual coaching		Group coaching
Hassles subscales	Stage	Mean	p	Mean	p	Mean	p
Behaviour	Pre-test	3.7		5.1		3.9
	Post-test	3.5	0.98	4.2	0.85	2.7	0.69
	Follow-up	3.4	0.83	2.5	0.08	2.6	0.62
Activities of Daily Living (ADL)	Pre-test	1.0		1.6		0.8
	Post-test	1.7	1.20	2.1	1.89	0.9	1.10
	Follow-up	1.3	1.10	1.7	1.00	0.7	0.96
Social network	Pre-test	0.5		0.6		0.6
	Post-test	0.5	1.00	0.9	1.10	0.6	1.00
	Follow-up	0.1	0.24	0.6	1.00	0.6	1.00
Instrumental ADL (IADL)	Pre-test	1.3		1.9		0.8
	Post-test	1.5	1.10	1.3	0.71	0.9	1.10
	Follow-up	1.1	0.89	1.4	0.79	0.7	0.96
Cognitive status	Pre-test	3.6		5.0		3.1
	Post-test	3.4	0.89	4.7	0.90	2.3	0.69
	Follow-up	3.1	0.80	2.3	0.04	1.6	0.50

Pre-Test (N = 91), Post-Test (N = 79), Follow-Up (N = 63)
Subscales: Hassles associated with the care-partner’s behaviour (12 items), Assistance in basic ADL (9 items), Caregiver’s social network (5 items), Assistance in IADL (7 items), and Care-partner’s cognitive status (9 items). Score: N0 = 0, YES = 1

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