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

Table 5 Interaction of baseline score of outcome variables and the groups with the outcomes

	Intervention group		Control group	Baseline × groups
	(b) Attendees n = 19	(c) Non-attendees n = 54	(d) Overall n = 85	χ ²	p-value
Recognition of knowledge and skills for building networks with CBOs
LS mean ± SE	26.1 ± 0.9	22.6 ± 0.8	22.6 ± 0.7	6.18	0.046
Recognition of ease of working through networking with CBOs
LS mean ± SE	5.1 ± 0.2	4.8 ± 0.2	4.8 ± 0.1	0.18	0.916
Recognition of importance of building networks with CBOs
LS mean ± SE	5.4 ± 0.2	5.0 ± 0.1	5.0 ± 0.1	6.06	0.048
Percentage of working hours building networks with CBOs (%)
LS mean ± SE	23.0 ± 3.2	16.8 ± 2.7	19.5 ± 2.4	0.93	0.629

CBO = community-based organization. LS mean = least square mean.
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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