Skip to main content

Table 2 Knowledge assessment score before and after the intervention*

From: Improving awareness of preconception health among adolescents: experience of a school-based intervention in Lebanon

Preconception health components

Pre-test N, (%) N = 7,290

Post-test N, (%) N = 5,786

p-value

Seeking medical advice

   

  True

4,646 (65.2%)

4,243 (75.3%)

< 0.001

  False

2,119 (29.7%)

1,262 (22.4%)

  Don’t know

361 (5.1%)

132 (2.3%)

Trisomy 21

   

  True

1,785 (24.8%)

2,777 (48.8%)

< 0.001

  False

4,058 (56.3%)

2,416 (42.4%)

  Don’t know

1,364 (18.9%)

502 (8.8%)

Pre-pregnancy folic acid

   

  True

1,529 (21.4%)

3,240 (58.3%)

< 0.001

  False

2,751 (38.6%)

1,406 (25.3%)

  Don’t know

2,853 (40.0%)

908 (16.3%)

Diabetes

   

  True

3,836 (53.5%)

3,963 (69.9%)

< 0.001

  False

353 (4.9%)

736 (13.0%)

  Don’t know

2,977 (41.5%)

968 (17.1%)

Epilepsy

   

  True

2,851 (40.3%)

3,265 (58.3%)

< 0.001

  False

1,040 (14.7%)

1,103 (19.7%)

  Don’t know

3,192 (45.1%)

1,235 (22.0%)

Toxoplasmosis

   

  True

3,130 (43.4%)

4,484 (79.4%)

< 0.001

  False

2,000 (27.8%)

667 (11.8%)

  Don’t know

2,074 (28.8%)

497 (8.8%)

Medication & pregnancy

   

  True

3,864 (54.5%)

4,420 (79.0%)

< 0.001

  False

906 (12.8%)

491 (8.8%)

  Don’t know

2,319 (32.7%)

685 (12.2%)

Obesity

   

  True

2,519 (35.1%)

3,388 (59.6%)

< 0.001

  False

2,693 (37.6%)

1,728 (30.4%)

  Don’t know

1,956 (27.3%)

572 (10.1%)

Alcohol, smoking and illicit drugs

   

  True

5,223 (72.3%)

4,804 (84.0%)

< 0.001

  False

1,385 (19.2%)

652 (11.4%)

  Don’t know

616 (8.5%)

261 (4.6%)

Vaccination

   

  True

2,399 (66.6%)

2,410 (86.1%)

< 0.001

  False

329 (9.1%)

128 (4.6%)

  Don’t know

873 (24.2%)

262 (9.4%)

Total score (mean ± SD)

4.36 ± 1.8

6.42 ± 2.1

< 0.001

  1. *Missing not shown.