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. 2016 Sep 28;6(9):e011706. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011706

Table 4.

Child development outcomes as reported across studies included in the systematic review

Study Measure Outcome Assessment Child age Time Intervention
Control
Cohen's d Other statistics
n Mean(SD) n Mean(SD)
Feinberg and Kan39 IBQ-R Duration of orienting Q 6.5 months PI 79 73 0.34 (0.02 to 0.66) F = 4.33
IBQ-R Infant soothability Q 6.5 months PI 79 73 Mother: −0.03 (−0.34 to 0.29)
Father: 0.33 (0.01 to 0.65)
Mother: β = −0.021; SD of DV: 0.84*
Father: β = 0.312;
SD of DV: 0.96*
Child sleep habits Child sleep habits Q 6.5 months PI 79 73 0.27 (−0.05 to 0.58) β = 2.67
Feinberg et al40 Homemade Child behaviour—self-soothing V 13.7 months SF 73 68 Mother: 0.42 (0.09 to 0.76) β = 0.30
SD = 0.73
Homemade Child behaviour—sustained attention V 13.7 months SF 73 68 Mother: 0.06 (−0.27 to 0.39) β = 0.05
SD = 0.78
Feinberg et al41 CBCL Total Q 36 months LF 70 45.23 (8.67) 65 46.17 (8.54) 0.11 (−0.23 to 0.45)
Head Start Competence Scale Social competence Q 36 months LF 69 65 0.43 (0.09 to 0.77) β = 0.20;
SD of DV = 0.48*
Head Start Competence Scale Emotional competence Q 36 months LF 69 65 0.25 (−0.09 to 0.59) β = 0.13;
SD of DV = 0.53*
Solmeyer et al42 Homemade Child adjustment problems V 36 months LF 65 0.005 (0.82) 63 −0.01 (0.65) −0.02 (−0.37 to 0.33)
Hiscock et al37 CBCL Externalising Q 18 months PI 295 373 −0.02 (−0.20 to 0.15) Adjusted mean dif: 0.16,SD of DV: 6.84*†
CBCL Internalising Q 18 months PI 295 373 −0.12 (−0.27 to 0.04) Adjusted mean dif: 0.49, SD of DV: 4.26*†
CBCL Externalising Q 24 months SF 292 362 0.11 (−0.07 to 0.29) Adjusted mean dif: −0.79, SD of DV: 7.31*†
CBCL Internalising Q 24 months SF 292 362 −0.03 (−0.19 to 0.12) Adjusted mean dif: 0.19, SD of DV: 6.04*†
Bayer et al38 CBCL Externalising Q 36 months LF 259 330 0.11 (−0.08 to 0.30) Adjusted mean dif: −0.8
SD of DV: 7.36*†
CBCL Internalising Q 36 months LF 259 330 0.11 (−0.05 to 0.28) Adjusted mean dif: −0.6
SD of DV: 5.44*†
Aronen47 Rutter Scale A Mental State Q 10–11 years LF 70 66 RR = 0.13 (0.02 to 1.07)
Aronen and Kurkela48 CBCL Total Q 14–15 years LF 75 13.92 (10.45) 63 19.35 (15.5) 0.42 (0.08; 0.76) df=1. t=2.49, p=0.014
CBCL or YSR Total Q 14–15 years LF 75 63 RR=0.11 (0.01 to 0.82) Event/No event:
Intervention:1/74
Control:8/55
YSR Total Q 14–15 years LF 74 25.2 (15.4) 62 32.5 (19.1) 0.42 (0.08 to 0.76)
Aronen and Arajävi50 YASR Total Q 20–21 years LF 73 63 0.37 (0.03 to 0.71) Adjusted β=7.001,
SD of DV=19.35* ‡
YASR Total Q 20–21 years LF 73 63 RR=0.31 (0.11 to 0.94) Event/No event:
Intervention:4/69
Control:11/52
BDI Total Q 20–21 years LF 73 3.00 (3.77) 63 4.68 (5.22) 0.37 (0.03 to 0.71) t=2.154, p=0.033
Minkovitz et al45 CBCL 1½–5 Emotionally reactive, anxious/depressed, sleep problems, or attention problems subscales Q 61–66 months LF 676 632 RR=1.21
(0.95 to 1.52)
OR 1.26 (0.94–1.69)§
PEDS Q 61–66 months LF RR 0.94 (0.76 to 1.16) Event/no event:
Intervention:138/538
Control:137/495
SSRS Total Q 61–66 months LF 676 55.9 (9.8) 632 55.2 (10.0) 0.07 (−0.04 to 0.18)

Bold: significant at the .05 level.

*SD calculated based on information in the study.

†Adjusted for child sex, mother educational level, household income, socioeconomic disadvantage score, child temperament status and whether mother was depressed, anxious or stressed.

‡Adjusted for initial family risk status.

§Adjusted for mother age, education, and race/ethnicity, number of siblings, owned home, family income, infant low birth weight and source of payment for care.

CBCL, Child Behaviour Checklist; DV, dependent variable; IBQ-R, Infant Behaviour Questionnaire-Revised; LF, long-term follow-up (>6 months postintervention); PEDS, Parents’ Evaluation of Development Status; PI, postintervention; Q, questionnaire; SF, short-term follow-up (≤6 months postintervention); SSRS, Social Skills Rating Scale; v, Video; YASR, Young Adult Self-Report; YSR, Youth Self-Report.