The effects of an intervention program for promoting interorganizational network building between multidisciplinary agencies and community-based organizations: a cluster trial in Japan

Table 4 Main effects of the intervention on the outcomes: comparison among the three groups

	Intervention group		Control group
	(b) Attendees n = 19	(c) Non-attendees n = 54	(d) Overall n = 85	χ ²	p-value	Post hoc
Recognition of knowledge and skills for building networks with CBOs
At baseline	22.0 ± 6.2	20.3 ± 4.2	21.5 ± 4.9	12.74	0.002	(b) vs. (c): p = 0.002
Post intervention	26.0 ± 3.8	21.4 ± 5.1	22.6 ± 4.6			(b) vs. (d): p < 0.001
LS mean ± SE	25.8 ± 1.0	22.5 ± 0.9	22.6 ± 0.7			(c) vs. (d): p = 0.854
Recognition of ease of working through networking with CBOs
At baseline	5.1 ± 0.7	4.9 ± 0.9	4.8 ± 0.8	2.82	0.244	(b) vs. (c): p = 0.117
Post intervention	5.3 ± 0.8	4.9 ± 0.8	4.9 ± 0.9			(b) vs. (d): p = 0.108
LS mean ± SE	5.1 ± 0.2	4.8 ± 0.2	4.8 ± 0.1			(c) vs. (d): p = 0.915
Recognition of importance of building networks with CBOs
At baseline	5.4 ± 0.6	5.1 ± 0.7	5.0 ± 0.8	2.94	0.231	(b) vs. (c): p = 0.088
Post intervention	5.3 ± 0.6	4.9 ± 0.7	5.0 ± 0.7			(b) vs. (d): p = 0.154
LS mean ± SE	5.2 ± 0.2	5.0 ± 0.1	5.0 ± 0.1			(c) vs. (d): p = 0.612
Percentage of working hours building networks with CBOs (%)
At baseline	21.6 ± 17.5	18.7 ± 19.5	16.1 ± 15.4	2.77	0.250	(b) vs. (c): p = 0.114
Post intervention	22.5 ± 11.7	16.2 ± 13.9	17.2 ± 12.7			(b) vs. (d): p = 0.366
LS mean ± SE	22.2 ± 3.1	17.0 ± 2.7	19.5 ± 2.4			(c) vs. (d): p = 0.241

CBO = community-based organization. LS mean = least square mean.
Values represent mean ± SD.
Adjusted by sex, age, years of experience in clinical practice in the community, type of profession, working hours and baseline data on outcome variables.

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