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Table 3 Psychosocial outcomes at baseline and follow-up for the intervention and control group

From: The short-term health and psychosocial impacts of domestic energy efficiency investments in low-income areas: a controlled before and after study

  

Intervention

Control

Effect size

Unadjusted

Adjusted(a)

Outcome

Scale

Baseline

M (SD)

Follow up

M (SD)

Baseline

M (SD)

Follow up

M (SD)

Cohen’s d(c)

Model(b)

B

SE

p

B

SE

p

Fuel poverty

 Putting up with feeling cold to save heating costs

0–1

0.63 (0.48)

0.45 (0.50)

0.57 (0.50)

0.46 (0.50)

0.153

B

−0.720

0.324

0.026

−0.717

0.334

0.032

Financial difficulties

1–4

1.93 (0.90)

1.67 (0.73)

1.74 (0.75)

1.65 (0.73)

0.204

L

−0.148

0.047

0.002

−0.149

0.050

0.003

Financial stress

1–5

2.96 (1.40)

2.60 (1.35)

2.81 (1.38)

2.58 (1.36)

0.108

O

−0.381

0.213

0.074

−0.403

0.220

0.067

Food security

1–4

3.51 (0.77)

3.61 (0.73)

3.55 (0.77)

3.59 (0.73)

0.117

L

0.057

0.035

0.093

0.063

0.036

0.080

Thermal satisfaction

1–5

3.26 (1.28)

4.04 (1.06)

3.60 (1.26)

3.82 (1.20)

0.462

O

1.319

0.216

0.000

1.342

0.219

0.000

Housing conditions

 Satisfaction with state of home repair

1–5

3.45 (1.15)

3.85 (1.10)

3.71 (1.16)

3.63 (1.22)

0.440

O

1.342

0.222

0.000

1.352

0.221

0.000

 Number of housing problems

0–6

1.88 (1.53)

1.20 (1.32)

1.49 (1.53)

1.32 (1.45)

−0.386

O

−1.065

0.221

0.000

−1.097

0.225

0.000

Social Isolation

0–1

0.24 (0.43)

0.12 (0.33)

0.18 (0.39)

0.14 (0.34)

−0.195

B

−1.052

0.429

0.014

−1.149

0.456

0.012

  1. Note: (a)adjusted for gender, age, housing benefit, income, and smoking status
  2. (b)L = linear, O = ordinal, B = binomial
  3. (c)Cohen’s d effect sizes: small 0.20, medium 0.50, and large 0.80