Table 3. Mental health among the caregivers interviewed at baseline and follow-up, Sierra Leone, 2012–2013.
| Scale, outcome | Potential scores | Mean scores for intervention arm (SD) |
Mean scores for control arm (SD) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline | Follow-up | Difference | Baseline | Follow-up | Difference | |||
| BASa | ||||||||
| Emotional distress | 1 to 4 | 1.561 (0.525) | 1.359 (0.495) | −0.202 | 1.396 (0.436) | 1.451 (0.545) | 0.055 | |
| Functional impairment | 1 to 4 | 1.808 (0.566) | 1.675 (0.558) | −0.132 | 1.855 (0.502) | 1.666 (0.550) | −0.190 | |
| OMPAb | ||||||||
| Prosocial behaviour | 0 to 3 | 2.268 (0.582) | 2.423 (0.544) | 0.155 | 2.235 (0.532) | 2.159 (0.539) | −0.076 | |
| Internalizing | 0 to 3 | 0.673 (0.387) | 0.682 (0.375) | 0.009 | 0.763 (0.434) | 0.759 (0.453) | −0.003 | |
| Externalizing | 0 to 3 | 0.262 (0.354) | 0.319 (0.353) | 0.057 | 0.344 (0.383) | 0.408 (0.389) | 0.064 | |
BAS: burden assessment scale; OMPA: Oxford Measure of Psychosocial Adjustment; SD: standard deviation.
a Nine and six items were considered in the assessment of emotional distress and functional impairment, respectively.
b Seven items were considered in the assessment of each outcome.