Table 4:
Characteristics of the study population (measured at baseline)
| Characteristics | Intervention Group (IG1) | Intervention Group (IG2) | p a IG1 vs IG2 | Intervention Group (IG) | Waiting List Group (WLG) | p IG vs WLG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (n = 44) | (n = 43) | (n = 87) | (n = 33) | |||
| Gender | 0.19 | 0.24 | ||||
| Female | 27 (61.4) | 32 (74.4) | 59 (67.8) | 26 (78.8) | ||
| Male | 17 (38.6) | 11 (25.6) | 28 (32.2) | 7 (21.2) | ||
| Ageb, mean (SD) in years | 49 (11.1) | 50 (12.0) | 0.29 | 49 (11.5) | 49 (11.1) | 0.81 |
| Family situation | 0.06 | 0.65 | ||||
| Single without resident children | 9 (20.5) | 6 (14.0) | 15 (17.2) | 4 (12.1) | ||
| Single with resident children | 1 (2.3) | 6 (14.0) | 7 (8.0) | 3 (9.1) | ||
| Married or cohabitating without resident children | 14 (31.8) | 18 (41.9) | 32 (36.8) | 10 (30.3) | ||
| Married or cohabitating with resident children | 20 (45.5) | 11 (25.6) | 31 (35.6) | 16 (48.5) | ||
| Other | 0 (0.0) | 2 (4.7) | 2 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Level of education | 0.64 | 0.36 | ||||
| Lower | 1 (2.3) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (1.1) | 1 (3.0) | ||
| Medium | 3 (6.8) | 3 (7.0) | 6 (6.9) | 3 (9.1) | ||
| General | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.0) | ||
| Higher | 32 (27.7) | 28 (65.1) | 60 (69.0) | 20 (60.6) | ||
| Academic | 7 (15.9) | 9 (20.9) | 16 (18.4) | 8 (24.2) | ||
| Other | 1 (2.3) | 3 (7.0) | 4 (4.6) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Course | 0.01* | 0.02* | ||||
| Care | 21 (47.7) | 18 (41.9) | 39 (44.8) | 23 (69.7) | ||
| Technology | 18 (40.9) | 7 (16.3) | 25 (28.7) | 2 (6.1) | ||
| Economy | 4 (9.1) | 16 (34.0) | 20 (23.0) | 8 (24.2) | ||
| Otherc | 1 (2.3) | 2 (4.7) | 3 (3.4) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| Years of work experience | 0.42 | 0.09 | ||||
| 0–2 | 2 (4.5) | 0 (0.0) | 2 (2.3) | 1 (3.0) | ||
| 3–5 | 4 (9.1) | 2 (4.7) | 6 (6.9) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| 6–10 | 4 (9.1) | 5 (11.6) | 9 (10.3) | 0 (0.0) | ||
| >11 | 34 (77.3) | 36 (83.7) | 70 (80.5) | 32 (97.0) | ||
| Number of working hours per week | 0.48 | 0.10 | ||||
| <24 | 5 (12.5) | 2 (5.3) | 7 (9.0) | 6 (20.0) | ||
| 25–32 | 8 (20.0) | 10 (26.3) | 18 (23.1) | 10 (33.3) | ||
| ≥33 | 27 (67.5) | 26 (68.4) | 53 (67.9) | 14 (46.7) |
Characteristics are presented in terms of means and standard deviations (SDs) for metric variables, and in terms of frequencies and percentages for categorical variables.
a
Crosstabs and Chi-square tests were used, except for ‘Age’ for which the Mann–Whitney U-test was used because of non-normality of the data.
b
Age was calculated at the start of the intervention. The starting date of the interventions differed across schools.
c
‘Other’ are teachers working for more than one course, e.g. Technology and Economy.