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 |