Table 2.

Pre- and post-intervention comparison of the nutritional knowledge level and perceived severity between the groups^*

	Before Intervention	After Intervention	T	P value
Knowledge
Intervention	9.00±2.15	12.20±2.47	-7.90	0.001
Control	9.28±2.80	9.80±2.10	-1.30	0.210
T	- 0.45	4.28
P value	0.652	0.001
Perceived severity
Intervention	18.75±4.40	21.80±4.30	- 2.80	0.007
Control	18.03±5.00	17.90±4.60	0.11	0.913
T	- 0. 61	3.54
P value	0.541	0.001

^*Data are presented as means±SD or numbers (%)