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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 3.
Published in final edited form as: JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Feb;168(2):114–121. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.3817

Table 3.

Secondary Outcomes: Children Born to Mothers with Low Psychological Resources

Treatment Group Treatment Comparisons
Control Paraprofessional Nurse Paraprofessional – Control Nurse - Control
Continuous Outcomes Time Point N LSMean (SE) N LSMean (SE) N LSMean (SE) Mean Diff (95% CI) Effect Size d p-value Mean Diff (95% CI) Effect Size d p-value
Dysregulated Aggression (MSSB) a 6 yrs. 68 103.26 (1.29) 94 99.34 (1.10) 72 100.40 (1.25) −3.92 (−7.30 to−0.54) −0.36 0.023 −2.86 (−6.42 to 0.71) −0.26 0.116
Percent incoherent stories (MSSB) a 6 yrs. 68 65.63 (3.70) 94 49.94 (3.16) 72 58.53 (3.60) −15.69 (−25.41 to−5.97) −0.50 0.002 −7.10 (−17.35 to 3.15) −0.23 0.174
Behavioral Regulation in Testing b 6 yrs. 69 97.16 (1.04) 95 99.89 (0.89) 71 99.13 (1.03) 2.74 (−0.00 to 5.47) 0.32 0.050 1.97 (−0.95 to 4.89) 0.23 0.184
Dichotomous Outcomes N % N % N % Relative Risk (95% CI) p-value Relative Risk (95% CI) p-value
Any Therapeutic Services c 6 yrs 69 35.8 96 22.4 72 16.5 0.63 (0.38 to 1.02) 0.070 0.46 (0.25 to 0.85) 0.011
9 yrs 66 29.6 89 38.8 61 35.0 1.31 (0.83 to 2.08) 0.233 1.18 (0.72 to 1.94) 0.509
Special Education/Remedial Services c 9 yrs 66 33.5 89 32.4 61 19.1 0.97 (0.62 to 1.52) 0.886 0.57 (0.31 to 1.05) 0.061
Grade retention c 9 yrs 66 8.5 89 10.7 61 13.0 1.26 (0.50 to 3.19) 0.625 1.53 (0.60 to 3.90) 0.375
a

Coded from children's responses to the MSSB 34

b

Child evaluators' ratings 30

c

Parent report; covariates (maternal psychological resources index, gender, child age at assessment);

d

Effect Size = Mean Difference/pooled standard deviation