Table 3.

Parents’ ratings at home interview of service received, and perceptions of child’s early problems using Likert scales. Values are means (SD)

	Intervention group	Control group	P value*
Service received from health visitor (1=bad, 5=excellent)	4.1 (0.96)	3.8 (1.1)	0.11
How often saw health visitor (1=very worried, 5=exciting)	3.4 (0.98)	3.2 (0.98)	0.15
How did you feel about getting your child weighed? (1=very worried, 2=excited)	2.7 (1.6)	2.9 (1.2)	0.62
How would you describe your child’s appetite (1=very poor, 5=eats all the time):
At one year?	2.5 (1.7)	2.9 (1.9)	0.17
At time of interview?	3.4 (1.6)	2.9 (2.0)	0.03
Total†	68	66

^*t test.  

^†Up to one case and three control responses missing for individual questions.