Results:
The demographic characteristics of participants and baseline measures
are shown in Table 2. The majority of participants were female (65.3%),
full-time employees (53%), and married (90.3%). The mean age of the
participants was 49.4 years±SD=6.15 in the control group and 48.05 years
±5.69 in the intervention. No baseline differences were observed in any
variables. The mean number of years since diagnosis was 5.85 years
(SD=2.89; range=2-14 years).
To assess any baseline differences for the integrated model measures,
MANOVAs revealed no significant differences between groups (intervention
or control) on the constructs for all three behaviours.
Intention-to-treat analysis showed similar findings to those with the
full participation of the study.
For the 2×2 MANOVA analysis, the between-subject factor was the
intervention condition (intervention vs. control), and the
within-subject factor was the time (Time 1: pre-intervention and Time 2:
8 weeks post-intervention). The integrated model variables and behaviour
were entered as dependent variables (see Tables 4-7 for Ms, SDs, and
significance levels).