Table 2.
Relationship power, communication, and conflict: mean changes over 6 months by treatment arm
| Number of scale items | Baseline | CHC
|
MHC/WHC
|
WHC
|
ANOVA
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
|
N=95
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N=84
|
N=76
|
F-statistic | P-value | |||||
| Mean (N=255) | Mean changea | SD | Mean changea | SD | Mean changea | SD | ||||
| Relationship control | ||||||||||
| Woman’s influence/control in relationship | 10 | 7.36 | 0.36 | 3.05 | −0.04 | 2.91 | −0.57 | 2.97 | 2.03 | 0.13 |
| Shared decision-making/relationship equality | 8 | 5.65 | −1.27 | 3.17 | 0.19 | 3.47 | −0.5 | 3.11 | 4.53 | 0.01 |
| Relationship communication | ||||||||||
| HIV prevention and risk communication | 11 | 4.3 | 1.09 | 3.89 | 0.71 | 4.82 | 1.38 | 5.13 | 0.43 | 0.65 |
| Gender norms | ||||||||||
| Gender roles and female autonomy | 9 | 6.03 | 0.49 | 2.88 | 0.27 | 3.14 | −0.49 | 3.07 | 2.38 | 0.09 |
| Relationship conflict | ||||||||||
| Partner victimization (count of types) | 10 | 1 | −0.24 | 2.19 | −0.38 | 2.41 | −0.26 | 2.75 | 0.08 | 0.92 |
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| Baseline | Follow-up | χ2 | P-value | |||||||
| N (%) | N | % | N | % | N | % | ||||
| No victimization experienced | – | 178 (69.8) | 57 | 60.0 | 66 | 78.6 | 44 | 57.9 | 9.57 | 0.008 |
Notes:
a
Positive values indicate increases in that relationship quality (eg, increased relationship control or beliefs in female autonomy). Negative values indicate decreases.
Abbreviations: CHC, Couples Health CoOp; MHC/WHC, Men’s Health CoOp/Women’s Health CoOp; WHC, Women’s Health CoOp; ANOVA, analysis of variance; SD, standard deviation.