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Table 2 Means, standard deviations, confidence intervals, and effect sizes for each outcome measure at pre and post intervention

From: The motherhood choices decision aid for women with rheumatoid arthritis increases knowledge and reduces decisional conflict: a randomized controlled trial

  DA group Control group ƞp2
  Pre   Post   Pre   Post   
  Mean (95 % CI) SD Mean (95 % CI) SD Mean (95 % CI) SD Mean (95 % CI) SD  
PiRAQ 26.70 5.94 31.92 4.66 25.32 4.60 26.09 5.34 0.214**
(25.49-27.91)   (30.80-33.05)   (24.01-26.62)   (24.88-27.31)
DCS 43.34 23.92 28.14 18.06 36.96 23.32 34.80 21.86 0.117**
(38.05-48.63)   (23.69-32.59)   (31.20-42.71)   (29.96-39.64)
  Informed 39.42 26.92 24.57 17.81 44.95 28.34 39.27 27.53 0.036*
(33.25-45.60)   (19.47-29.67)   (38.24-51.66)   (33.72-44.81)
  Values Clarity 36.54 25.56 25.32 19.62 32.07 27.44 31.06 26.13 0.051*
(30.62-42.46)   (20.21-30.43)   (25.64-38.50)   (25.51-36.62)
  Support 33.65 23.12 26.82 21.47 31.31 25.19 29.29 20.94 0.014*
(28.26-39.05)   (22.06-31.57)   (25.45-37.18)   (24.13-34.46)
  Uncertainty 49.89 27.87 40.06 28.52 43.81 28.92 44.82 30.79 0.049*
(43.55-56.24)   (33.44-46.69)   (36.91-50.72)   (37.63-52.02)
  Effective Decision 32.05 21.75 27.40 21.52 31.06 25.55 30.87 21.28 0.009
  (26.78-37.33)   (22.61-32.20)   (25.33-36.80)   (25.66-36.08)
  Decision Certainty 3.72 1.66 3.51 1.87 3.91 1.72 3.74 1.76 0.014
(3.34-4.10)   (3.11-3.92)   (3.50-4.32)   (3.30-4.19)
  Complicated Decision 0.91 0.49 0.91 0.50 0.82 0.46 0.96 0.539 0.012
(0.80-1.02)   (0.79-1.03)   (0.70-0.93)   (0.83-1.08)
ASES 5.43 1.87 5.81 1.92 5.74 2.00 5.56 2.03 0.030*
(5.00-5.86)   (5.37-6.25)   (5.27-6.21)   (5.08-6.04)
HADS-A 8.87 3.73 8.71 3.77 8.00 3.66 8.14 4.13 0.004
(8.04-9.70)   (7.82-9.59)   (7.09-8.91)   (7.17-9.10)
HADS-D 5.42 3.41 5.40 3.68 4.94 3.46 5.20 3.92 0.004
(4.65-6.19)   (4.55-6.25)   (4.10-5.78)   (4.27-6.13)
  1. *p-value < .05
  2. **p-value < .001
  3. CI Confidence Interval, PiRAQ: Pregnancy in Rheumatoid Arthritis Questionnaire, DCS Decisional Conflict Scale, ASES Arthritis Self-Efficacy Scale, HADS-A Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale- Anxiety, HADS-D Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale- Depression
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