Educational intervention program based on health belief model and neck pain prevention behaviors in school teachers in Tehran

Table 4 Pre- and post-intervention comparative results in the intervention and control groups

Variable	Intervention group(N = 73) (Mean ± SD)	Control group(N = 73) (Mean ± SD)	(P value)a
Knowledge
T1	7 ± 1	7.07 ± 2	0.063
T2	9.07 ± 1.01	6 ± 1	0.002
T3	9.8 ± 1.087	5 ± 1.04	0.002
Perceived sensitivity
T1	23 ± 3.073	20 ± 3	0.085
T2	25 ± 2	19 ± 2.8	0.001
T3	26 ± 2	17 ± 2.04	0.001
Severely perceived
T1	19.01 ± 2	17 ± 4	0.073
T2	20 ± 2	16 ± 4	0.001
T3	21 ± 2	15 ± 4	0.001
Perceived benefits
T1	20 ± 2.016	18 ± 4	0.437
T2	21 ± 2.036	17 ± 4.041	0.002
T3	21 ± 2.02	16 ± 4	0.001
Perceived obstacles
T1	17 ± 3.064	12 ± 3	0.093
T2	16 ± 2	13.1 ± 3	0.025
T3	14 ± 1.01	14 ± 3	0.013
Cues to Action
T1	10 ± 0.87	10 ± 3.2	0.071
T2	12 ± 0.76	10 ± 3	0.011
T3	13 ± 0.42	8 ± 3	0.001
Efficacy
T1	21 ± 3	20 ± 4.01	0.083
T2	25 ± 2	19 ± 4	< 0.001
T3	26 ± 2	16 ± 4	< 0.001
Behavior
T1	27 ± 5	23 ± 5	0.052
T2	39 ± 5	21 ± 4	< 0.001
T3	39 ± 5	20 ± 3.6	< 0.001

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