Study of assessment of knowledge and understanding for coping with sick days among patients with diabetes in community pharmacy: a cluster randomized controlled trial (SAKURA trial)

Table 3 Scores on sick-day Anxiety, Intention, Attitude, and Knowledge

	Intervention group (n = 92) mean (SD)			Control group (n = 178) mean (SD)			Intervention vs. control
(/ full-score points)	Pre	Post	Difference	Pre	Post	Difference	Difference (95% CI)	p-value^**
Anxiety score^* (/12)	5.2 (2.6)	5.3 (2.1)	0.1 (2.8)	5.4 (2.4)	5.5 (2.3)	0.1 (2.6)	0.0 (− 0.6 to 0.8)	0.79
Intention score^† (/12)	6.7 (3.1)	6.5 (2.5)	− 0.2 (3.4)	6.4 (2.5)	6.5 (2.4)	0.1 (2.5)	− 0.3 (− 1.0 to 0.4)	0.39
Attitude score^§ (/12)	7.7 (3.1)	8.2 (2.6)	0.5 (3.8)	7.9 (2.7)	7.7 (2.5)	− 0.2 (2.7)	0.7 (− 0.2 to 1.4)	0.13
Pharmacy satisfaction score^\|\| (/36)	22.0 (6.7)	22.8 (6.0)	0.8 (7.7)	21.9 (4.9)	21.8 (5.0)	− 0.1 (4.8)	0.9 (− 0.7 to 2.3)	0.29
Knowledge score^¶ (/8)	2.1 (2.0)	3.5 (2.6)	1.4 (2.9)	2.0 (2.0)	2.4 (2.2)	0.4 (1.8)	1.0 (0.4–1.5)	< 0.01

^*Anxiety score = total score of six-point Likert scale on two items
^†Intention score = total score of six-point Likert scale on two items
^§Attitude score = total score of six-point Likert scale on three items
^||Pharmacy satisfaction score = total score of six items
^¶Knowledge score = the number of correct answers to eight true/false quizzes about sick day
^**P-value for comparison of the difference in values between the intervention and control groups (Mann–Whitney U test, Student’s t-test)

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