Table 3:
Intervention effects; pre- to post-assessment differences for categorical variables (pooled data)
| Intervention group (n = 143) | Control group (n = 173) | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Negative change | No change | Positive change | Negative change | No change | Positive change | ||||||||||
| Outcome | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | F a | df | P |
| General health (SRH) | 13.8 | 10 | 100.3 | 70 | 28.9 | 20 | 13 | 8 | 133.4 | 77 | 26.6 | 15 | 0.89 | 2, 2966 | 0.411 |
| Emotional support | 18 | 13 | 111.8 | 78 | 13.2 | 9 | 14.6 | 8 | 135.5 | 78 | 22.9 | 13 | 0.99 | 2, 2776 | 0.374 |
| Practical support | 7.1 | 5 | 124.9 | 87 | 10.4 | 7 | 7.2 | 4 | 161.4 | 93 | 4.4 | 3 | 2.15 | 2, 10995 | 0.116 |
a F is the pooled chi-square statistics.