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Table 2 Overall and separate KAP scores of community health workers at t0 and t2, comparing moments

From: Effectiveness of an action-oriented educational intervention in ensuring long term improvement of knowledge, attitudes and practices of community health workers in maternal and infant health: a randomized controlled study

 

Time

 

Groups

t0 (Pre-training)

t2 (One-year after training)

p-value

 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

 

Intervention group

 -Knowledge (0–61 points)

42.13 ± 6.02

47.45 ± 4.76

< 0.001*

 -Practices (0–60 points)

45.29 ± 9.64

53.45 ± 7.35

< 0.001*

 -Attitudes (0–20 points)

19.13 ± 1.78

19.74 ± 0.68

0.088**

 -KAP score (0–141 points)

106.55 ± 12.17

120.65 ± 9.55

< 0.001*

Control group

 -Knowledge (0–61 points)

40.50 ± 4.33

40.54 ± 4.07

0.764**

 -Practices (0–60 points)

47.93 ± 6.53

49.11 ± 8.20

0.540**

 -Attitudes (0–20 points)

18.22 ± 2.03

18.81 ± 2.35

0.088**

 -KAP score (0–141 points)

106.59 ± 8.57

108.19 ± 10.55

0.345**

  1. (*)Paired student’s t-test (**) Wilcoxon