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Table 2 Comparisons of Health Outcome Variables between Baseline and Follow-up of Intervention and Control Groups

From: Effects of the home-based educational intervention on health outcomes among primarily Hispanic children with asthma: a quasi-experimental study

 

Intervention group (Mean ± SD)

Control group (Mean ± SD)

p-value

of changec

Baseline

Follow-up

p-valuea

Changeb

(95% CI)

Baseline

Follow-up

p-valuea

Changeb

(95% CI)

 

Number of asthma attacks

0.77 ± 2.43

0.27 ± 0.91

0.029

−0.5

(−0.86, − 0.14)

0.24 ± 0.63

0.12 ± 0.54

0.07

−0.12

(− 0.24, 0)

0.049

Hospitalizations

0.03 ± 0.28

0 ± 0

0.207

−0.03

(0.08, 0.02)

0.006 ± 0.08

0.006 ± 0.08

1

0

(−0.02,0.02)

0.235

Emergency room visits

0.05 ± 0.24

0.03 ± 0.17

0.559

−0.02

(− 0.06, 0.03)

0.05 ± 0.25

0.06 ± 0.44

0.756

0.13

(−0.06, 0.09)

0.530

PH score

72.69 ± 20.38

89.53 ± 11.76

< 0.001

16.76

(13.79, 19.73)

76.15 ± 19.08

90.74 ± 12.09

< 0.001

14.86

(12.17, 17.55)

0.351

AC score

85.26 ± 23.31

92.65 ± 15.01

0.003

7.39

(3.58, 11.21)

88.75 ± 20.84

93.87 ± 13.2

0.009

5.13

(1.95, 8.30)

0.366

AF score

85.78 ± 18.33

91.34 ± 17.32

0.013

5.5

(2.67, 8.34)

88.41 ± 16.06

91.60 ± 14.38

0.06

3.28

(1.17, 5.39)

0.215

EC score

69.23 ± 33.56

80.92 ± 26.37

0.002

11.69

(6.86, 16.52)

68.5 ± 35.06

80.31 ± 28.3

0.001

11.70

(6.92, 16.48)

0.999

EF score

62.34 ± 17

70.98 ± 13.06

< 0.001

8.63

(5.77, 11.51)

60.73 ± 18.27

66.31 ± 14.08

0.002

5.57

(3.28, 7.87)

0.1

  1. a Using two sample t test for baseline and follow-up data; b Using one sample t-tests for changes (follow-up – baseline) in each group; c Using two sample t test to compare the change results (follow-up – baseline) between intervention and control groups
  2. PH physical health of children, AC activities of children, AF activities of family, EC emotional health of children, EF emotional health of families
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