Table 2 Bivariate pre-post comparison of measured outcome variables by treatment group
From: Pilot evaluation of the text4baby mobile health program
Baseline sample (n = 86) | Follow-up sample (n = 86) | ||||||||
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Attitudes, % strongly agree | Mean (%) | 95% CI | Control n = 38 (%) | Text4baby n = 48 (%) | Mean (%) | 95% CI | Control n = 38 (%) | Text4baby n = 48 (%) | P- value* |
Eating 5 or more fruits and vegetables per day is important to the health of my developing baby | 62.79 | 51.70, 72.98 | 71.05 | 56.25 | 54.65 | 43.55, 65.42 | 63.16 | 47.92 | 0.281 |
Taking a prenatal vitamin is important to the health of my developing baby | 62.79 | 51.70, 72.98 | 65.79 | 60.42 | 51.16 | 40.14, 62.10 | 57.89 | 45.83 | 0.125 |
I am prepared to be a new mother | 43.02 | 32.39, 54.15 | 39.47 | 45.83 | 34.88 | 24.92, 45.92 | 42.11 | 29.17 | 0.276 |
If I visit my health care provider on a regular basis, I will be a healthy new mother | 48.24 | 37.26, 59.34 | 47.37 | 48.94 | 47.62 | 36.60, 58.81 | 54.05 | 42.55 | 0.937 |
If I visit my health care provider on a regular basis, my baby will be healthy | 44.17 | 33.48, 55.30 | 47.37 | 41.67 | 45.35 | 34.58, 56.45 | 52.63 | 39.58 | 0.879 |
Smoking will harm the health of my developing baby | 53.49 | 42.41, 64.32 | 55.26 | 52.08 | 47.67 | 36.79, 58.73 | 50.00 | 45.83 | 0.449 |
Drinking alcohol will harm the health of my developing baby | 52.33 | 41.27, 63.21 | 55.26 | 50.00 | 44.18 | 33.48, 55.30 | 39.47 | 47.92 | 0.288 |
Taking prenatal vitamins will improve the health of my developing baby | 47.67 | 36.79, 58.73 | 55.26 | 41.67 | 46.51 | 35.68, 57.59 | 50.00 | 43.75 | 0.880 |
Behaviors | |||||||||
Have you ever gone online to search for pre-natal care information? | 31.40 | 21.81, 42.30 | 31.58 | 31.25 | 36.14 | 25.88, 47.43 | 32.43 | 39.13 | 0.517 |
In last 30 days, did you smoke? | 5.81 | 1.91, 13.05 | 5.26 | 6.25 | 1.16 | 0.03, 6.31 | 2.63 | 0.00 | 0.098 |
Since you found out about your pregnancy, have you consumed alcoholic beverages? | 3.53 | 0.73, 9.97 | 2.63 | 4.26 | 1.18 | 0.03, 6.38 | 2.70 | 0.00 | 0.314 |
Ate 3 or more servings of fruit a day | 59.30 | 48.17, 69.78 | 63.16 | 56.25 | 62.35 | 51.18, 72.64 | 67.57 | 58.33 | 0.685 |
Ate 3 or more servings of vegetables a day | 36.05 | 25.97, 47.12 | 34.21 | 37.50 | 34.12 | 24.18, 45.20 | 40.54 | 29.17 | 0.793 |