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Table 2 The differences of scores of knowledge of, attitude towards and self-efficacy for perinatal depressive symptom prevention between times

From: Knowledge, attitude and self-efficacy program intended to improve public health professionals’ ability to identify and manage perinatal depressive symptoms: a quasi-experimental study

Items

Mean ± SD

Changed T1 to T2

 

Changed T2 to T3

 
 

T1

T2

T3

p for trend†

mean (95%CI)

p-value

mean (95%CI)

p-value

Knowledge

8.94 ± 0.75

9.45 ± 0.75

9.42 ± 1.12

.031*

0.52 (0.22, 0.81)

.001*

0.03 (−0.41, 0.35)

.872

Attitude

28.94 ± 3.17

29.88 ± 4.21

30.42 ± 2.54

.004*

0.94 (0.09–1.78)

.031*

1.52 (0.39–2.64)

0.010*

Self-efficacy

26.79 ± 3.87

26.33 ± 4.12

28.73 ± 2.95

.043*

−0.45 (−1.45, 0.55)

.363

2.39 (1.23, 3.56)

<.001*

  1. Note: SD Standard Deviation; T1, before lectures in the theoretical day; T2, after lectures in the theoretical day; T3, before the FGDs conducted; CI Confidence interval; †, obtained by Chi-square trend analysis
  2. * statistically significant at 0.05 level
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