Table 2.
Modified Domestic Abuse and Safeguarding Children Scale (M-DASC) scores before and after training intervention (n = 37)
| Scale/ subscale score | T1 | T2 | T3 | P | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | ||
| Total | 84.4 | 10.6 | 96.1 | 7.1 | 95.2 | 8.7 | <0.001 |
| Knowledge | 50.5 | 7.0 | 59.1 | 5.0 | 58.2 | 5.4 | <0.001 |
| Confidence/self-efficacy | 42.8 | 6.3 | 49.5 | 4.5 | 49.1 | 5.8 | <0.001 |
| Beliefs/attitudes | 24.5 | 1.8 | 24.8 | 1.9 | 24.7 | 2.0 | 0.61 |
Note: T1 – pre-training. T2 – immediately post-training. T3 – 3-month follow up. SD standard deviation, P p-value for the repeated-measures ANOVA test