Effect combined learning on oral health self-efficacy and self-care behaviors of students: a randomized controlled trial

Table 4 Mean scores of variables before and after intervention in the case and control groups

Variable	Time group	Before intervention		Five months after intervention		p value Wilcoxon
Variable	Time group	Mean	SD	Mean	SD	p value Wilcoxon
Self-care	Case	3.8	0.96	4.8	0.3	< 0.001
	Control	4.2	1.1	4.2	0.89	0.527
	p-value Mann Whitney	0.057	0.002
Knowledge	Case	6.7	2.5	9.4	0.9	0.001
	Control	6.2	2.3	6.7	2.1	0.004
	p-value Mann Whitney	0.253	< 0.001
Attitude	Case	55.1	12.5	61.5	4.8	< 0.001
	Control	54.02	14.7	55.06	11.4	0.897
	p-value Mann Whitney	0.627	< 0.001
						p value paired t- test
Behavior	Case	17.07	5.61	21.21	5.07	< 0.001
	Control	18.2	5.87	17.97	5.55	0.142
	p-value t- test	0.343	0.008
Self-efficacy	Case	36.8	11.6	48.9	10.8	< 0.001
	Control	42.11	15	41.93	14.9	0.543
	p-value t- test	0.089	0.019

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