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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jan 4.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Child Adolesc health. 2010;3(4):595–607.

Table 3.

DSCPI-90©

Scores Time Treatment Control
Mean (S.D.) Mean (S.D.)
Summary 1 62.25 (17.29) 58.99 (20.19)
2 63.29 (13.73) 66.99 (17.61)
Results of hypothesis tests Follow up p = 0.031
treatment p = 0.894
Individual Item Means
1. Do things good for health 1 64.83 (23.99) 58.17 (28.45)
2 60.87 (20.38) 63.55 (23.57)
2. Take good care of health 1 70.32 (26.29) 64.91 (28.26)
2 72.61 (27.31) 68.67 (23.94)
3. Follow through on decision you make about your health 1 62.93 (31.81) 65.32 (29.34)
2 64.06 (25.85) 61.58 (26.05)
4. Put off doing things that would be good for your health 1 35.70^ (25.79) 37^ (32.82)
2 43.77^ (27.81) 46^ (27.67)
5. Eat breakfast 1 53.19 (38.17) 59.20 (40.85)
2 51.29 (35.47) 67.17 (37.65)
6. Eat the kinds of foods you think are necessary for your health 1 54.51 (29.89) 49.17 (32)
2 57.58 (23.58) 53.67 (30.47)
7. Eat a balanced breakfast 1 43.80 (32.27) 41.67 (36.80)
2 51.29 (26.67) 50.64 (35.49)
8. Do things to maintain or achieve good nutrition 1 55.96 (27.36) 49.38 (35.84)
2 54.83 (26.47) 60.02 (32.62)
9. Get the amount of activity necessary for health 1 60.77 (30.71) 57.91 (31.06)
2 62.25 (24.96) 86.17 (91.80)
10. Get the amount of reset necessary for health 1 70.80 (27.96) 63.08 (28.21)
2 68.19 (26.25) 71 (23.85)
11. Maintain or achieve a balance between rest and activity 1 66.06 (31.33) 49.61 (33.5)
2 60.96 (29.92) 65.55 (24.82)
12. Get the amount of time alone necessary for health 1 56.12 (32.34) 61.5 (31.22)
2 56.74 (33.28) 64.58 (32.08)
13. Get the amount of time with others that is necessary for health 1 70.22 (28.45) 60.94 (36.24)
2 70.93 (29.97) 60.67 (36.42)
14. Maintain or achieve a balance between time alone and time with others 1 58.41 (26.81) 61.64 (31.91)
2 62.74 (30.60) 71.14 (28.71)
15. Do things to keep you bladder and bowel habits normal 1 67.03 (36.66) 73.88 (32.87)
2 70.32 (30.92) 79.52 (28.88)
16. Do things to keep safe 1 90.74 #(18.77) 82.32# (27.23)
2 86.29# (21.25) 86.26# (22.35)
17. Do things to feel less stressed 1 59.19 (33.74) 56.14 (31.48)
2 65.58 (28.62) 72.26 (32.74)
18. Do things that help you “be all that you can be” 1 79.83 (27.15) 69.94 (32.70)
2 78.87 (21.82) 77.29 (24.75)

1 refers to baseline data; 2 refers to follow-up data;

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Highest DSCPI-90©

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subscale; Lowest DSCPI-90© subscale;