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Table 5 Mean differences of mothers’ oral health literacy scores between the intervention and control groups

From: The impact of anticipatory guidance on early childhood caries: a quasi-experimental study

Variable

Intervention Mean (SD)

Control Mean (SD)

Mean differences between group, Mean (SD)

95% CI

p-valuea

Knowledge:

 Baseline

6.73 (1.9)

6.47 (2.1)

0.25 (0.2)

−0.11-0.62

0.167

 Post-intervention

9.07 (1.6)

6.80 (2.1)

2.26 (1.7)

1.93–2.59

< 0.001

Comprehension:

 Baseline

4.27 (1.0)

4.04 (1.1)

0.23 (0.01)

0.04–0.41

0.006

 Post-intervention

4.71 (0.5)

4.17 (1.0)

0.57 (0.7)

0.43–0.70

< 0.001

Skills & motivation:

 Baseline

26.13 (4.5)

26.15 (5.2)

1.94 (2.1)

−0.90- 1.86

0.968

 Post-intervention

32.92 (2.5)

28.09 (4.4)

4.87 (0.3)

4.23–5.5

< 0.001

Oral health literacy:

 Baseline

37.13 (5.7)

36.67 (6.5)

0.46 (0.5)

−0.64 – 1.57

0.411

 Post-intervention

46.74 (3.4)

39.05 (5.7)

7.70 (0.4)

6.85–8.55

< 0.001

  1. aIndependent t test; significance level p < 0.05