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. 2009 Jan 30;338:a3026. doi: 10.1136/bmj.a3026

Table 3.

 Maternal satisfaction and social support outcomes

Scale and group Valid responses Missing Interclass correlation coefficient Median (interquartile range) P value
Maternal breastfeeding evaluation scale25
Intervention 773 72 0* 118 (104-130) 0.59†
Control 498 36 119 (105-129)
Duke-UNC functional social support scale26
Intervention 822 23 0.003 4.25 (3.63-4.75) 0.96‡
Control 517 17 4.25 (3.63-4.75)

Higher scores represent higher perceived levels of satisfaction (maximum score 150) and social support (maximum score 5).

*Truncated to zero.

†Linear regression adjusted for clustering.

‡Poisson regression adjusted for clustering.