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Table 3 Changes in self-care of study participants in the three groups at baseline and after 3 months

From: Self-care of hypertension of older adults during COVID-19 lockdown period: a randomized controlled trial

SC-HI

Intervention

m.App alone

Standard

Test (ANOVA/ Kruskal-Wallis)

P-value between groups

Maintenance

 Before

37.06

36.53

33.93

0.86

0.426

 After

67.01

56.13

44.52

48.8

0.001*

 Mean reduce

30

19.60

10.59

 

 Paired test

−16.029

−12.861

−8.08

P-value

0.001*

0.001*

0.001*

 

Monitoring

 Before

55.29

54.53

52.70

0.50

0.608

 After

73.04

66.33

54.59

37.24

0.001*

 Mean reduce

17.75

11.75

1.89

 

 Paired test

−8.729

−7.197

−2.67

P-value

0.001*

0.001*

0.011*

Confidence

 Before

41.79

41.88

40.12

0.35

0.703

 After

82.06

62.84

40.85

73.08

0.001*

 Mean reduce

40.27

20.96

0.73

 

 Paired test

−16.862

−10.827

−2.36

P-value

0.001*

0.001*

0.023*

  1. Data are presented as mean values
  2. SC-HI Self-Care of Hypertension Inventory
  3. * Significant value