Table 3

Table 3

Results of ANCOVA comparing usual care (UC) and usual care plus vision self-management (experimental group) (UC+VSM) and UC on primary and secondary outcomes at post-test and follow-up (pretest scores used as a covariate)

Measure	Group	Pretest Adjusted Mean	Post-test			Follow-up
Measure	Group	Pretest Adjusted Mean	Mean	Effect size^‡	p Value	Mean	Effect size^‡	p Value
Primary outcome measure
ACS^*	UC+VSM	0.67	0.72	0.20	0.001	0.72	0.31	0.001
ACS^*	UC	0.67	0.62			0.56
Secondary outcome measures
General health domain
Geriatric Depression Scale^†	UC+VSM	10.58	8.05	0.17	0.001	7.52	0.18	0.001
Geriatric Depression Scale^†	UC	10.58	11.28			10.83
SF-36
Physical Component Summary^*	UC+VSM	36.07	38.16	0.10	0.005	38.86	0.23	0.001
Physical Component Summary^*	UC	36.07	33.29			31.43
Mental Component Summary^*	UC+VSM	51.94	56.32	0.07	0.019	56.13	0.03	0.102
Mental Component Summary^*	UC	51.94	51.71			53.49
Generalised Self-Efficacy Scale^*	UC+VSM	29.56	31.55	0.20	0.001	31.08	0.14	0.001
Generalised Self-Efficacy Scale^*	UC	29.56	27.75			27.59
Vision-specific domain
Adaptation to Vision Loss Scale^*	UC+VSM	52.67	61.16	0.27	0.001	62.10	0.05	0.058
Adaptation to Vision Loss Scale^*	UC	52.67	49.68			55.71
Age-related vision loss-Self-Efficacy Questionnaire	UC+VSM	54.10	78.81	0.30	0.001	80.14	0.30	0.001
Age-related vision loss-Self-Efficacy Questionnaire	UC	54.10	59.35			58.58