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Table 3 Outcome: decision making by study groups at the end of the intervention and at follow up

From: An education intervention to improve decision making and health literacy among older Australians: a randomised controlled trial

Overall score/100

web/DVD mean SD

Booklet mean SD

Unadjusted treatment effect (95% CI)

Unadjusted P

Adjusted treatment effect (95% CI)

Adjusted P and (partial Eta2)

Primary Decision elf Efficacy Scale End of the intervention (n = 62/69)

85.4 (13.0)

81.6 (20.9)

3.8 (−2.1 to 9.7)

0.21

3.8 (−2.0 to 9.6)

0.20 (0.01)

2 months follow up (n = 62/69)

87.2 (11.9)

82.8 (19.9)

4.4 (−1.15 to 9.95)

0.12

2.7 (−2.8 to 8.3)

0.33 (0.01)

Secondary Preparation for Decision Making Scale End of the intervention (n = 62/69)

64.9 (25.8)

58.3 (27.7)

8.6 (−2.5 to 15.7)

0.16

6.3 (−2.8 to 15.4)

0.18 (0.001)

2 months follow up (n = 62/69)

60. (28.1)

58.0 (26.2)

2.1 (−7.2 to 11.4)

0.66

0.2 (−9.1 to 9.5)

0.97 (0.013)

  1. CI confidence interval, treatment effect is mean difference