Table 2. Means and Standard Deviations Before and After Educational Intervention^a,b,c.

Experimental	Case Group			Control Group
Variable	Pre-Test	Post-Test	P-Value 1	Pre-Test	Post-Test	P-Value 1	P-Value 2
Self-efficacy	4.28 (1.479)	4.6 (1.472)	0.001	4.67 (1.358)	4.54 (1.423)	0.214	P < 0.001
Perceived benefits	7.28 (1.077)	7.71 (0.762)	0.001	7.41 (1.116)	7.29 (1.492)	0.362	P < 0.001
Perceived barriers	5.44 (1.831)	5.9 (1.719)	0.001	5.61 (1.994)	4.6 (1.985)	0.001	P < 0.001
Perceived threat	2.93 (1.147)	3.29 (1.196)	0.001	3.05 (1.147)	2.53 (1.196)	0.001	P < 0.001
Knowledge	6.76 (1.452)	8.3 (1.503)	0.001	7.11 (1.403)	7.47 (2.129)	0.067	P < 0.001
Behavior	8.84 (2.527)	9.45 (2.324)	0.001	9.64 (2.300)	9.18 (2.616)	0.017	P < 0.001

^aValues are expressed as Mean (SD).

^bP-value 1: based on paired sample t-test or Wilcoxon signed ranks test.

^cP-value 2: based on independent sample t test or Mann-Whitney U test.