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Table 1 Baseline and follow-up characteristics for intervention and control groups

From: Mediation pathways for reduced substance use among parents in South Africa: a randomized controlled trial

 

Baseline Mean (SD)

Follow-Up Mean (SD)

Variable

Treatment

Control

Treatment

Control

Parental substance use

0.44 (.85)

0.56 (.93)

0.34* (0.75)

0.60 (1.02)

Parental depression

23.13 (11.79)

24.90 (12.08)

11.30* (9.78)

16.82 (11.13)

Parenting stress

33.13 (8.68)

33.39 (8.18)

23.75* (8.24)

27.05 (7.32)

Family poverty

0.04 (1.68)

−.004 (1.64)

0.29 (1.60)*

−0.28 (1.49)

N

270

282

264

278

  1. *Statistically significant differences in means between the treatment and control groups at P < .05
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