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. 2020 Feb 24;102(5):1104–1115. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.19-0528

Table 6.

Differences in changes in risk, attitude, norms, ability, and self-regulation psychosocial factors explaining keeping kitchen utensils in a safe place between control and intervention groups

Control group (N = 80) Intervention group (N = 240) Intervention vs. control
Factor group Behavioral factors M (SD) BL M (SD) F M (SD) diff. of mean M (SD) BL M (SD) F M (SD) diff. of mean analysis of variance: diff. of mean P-value
Risk factors Vulnerability 1.68 (0.47) 3.24 (1.71) 1.56 (1.77) 1.75 (0.43) 2.84 (1.86) 1.09 (1.93) 0.054
Severity 4.69 (0.80) 4.88 (0.43) 0.19 (0.79) 4.52 (1.09) 4.85 (0.0.55) 0.33 (1.19) 0.337
Health knowledge 7.13 (2.32) 7.38 (1.85) 0.25 (2.88) 7.52 (2.62) 7.85 (2.01) 0.33 (3.47) 0.846
Attitude factors Belief: effort 1.1 (0.52) 1.14 (0.49) 0.04 (0.74) 1.19 (0.0.65) 1.10 (0.49) −0.09 (0.81) 0.207
Belief: time consuming 1.1 (0.34) 1.23 (0.78) 0.13 (0.86) 1.28 (0.82) 1.20 (0.75) −0.08 (1.13) 0.149
Belief: pleasant 4.44 (1.04) 4.53 (1.02) 0.09 (1.45) 4.44 (1.18) 4.69 (0.90) 0.25 (1.52) 0.403
Norm factors Others’ behavior in the household 4.08 (1.33) 4.15 (1.19) 0.07 (1.87) 4.12 (1.29) 4.58 (0.79) 0.46 (1.50) 0.059
Others’ behavior in the village 2.68 (1.11) 2.48 (0.89) −0.2 (1.36) 2.30 (0.81) 3.33 (0.84) 1.03 (1.12) 0.000***
Others’ approval 4.01 (1.46) 3.30 (1.56) −0.71 (2.094) 3.86 (1.53) 4.25 (1.23) 0.39 (1.91) 0.000***
Personal obligation 2.56 (1.81) 2.99 (1.66) 0.43 (2.18) 2.41 (1.78) 3.54 (1.73) 1.13 (2.55) 0.028*
Ability factors Confidence in performance (hurry) 3.88 (1.62) 3.83 (1.27) −0.05 (2.11) 3.38 (1.71) 4.60 (0.83) 1.22 (1.82) 0.000***
Confidence in performance (no place) 4.03 (1.41) 3.98 (1.21) −0.05 (1.88) 3.71 (1.56) 4.7 (0.73) 0.99 (1.70) 0.000***
Confidence in performance (cannot do) 2.61 (1.48) 3.25 (1.61) 0.64 (2.29) 2.31 (1.06) 1.52 (0.94) −0.79 (1.49) 0.000***
Confidence in performance (recovery) 4.29 (1.29) 3.95 (1.26) −0.34 (0.00) 3.95 (1.47) 4.63 (0.73) 0.68 (0.00) 0.000***
Self-regulation factors Remembering (pay attention) 2.61 (1.82) 2.95 (1.71) 0.34 (2.50) 2.75 (1.75) 4.72 (0.74) 1.97 (1.93) 0.000***
Remembering (forgetting last 24 hours) 2.63 (1.37) 2.76 (1.78) 0.13 (2.30) 2.42 (1.18) 1.38 (0.95) −1.04 (1.47) 0.000***
Commitment (importance) 4.73 (0.76) 4.66 (0.79) −0.07 (1.12 4.61 (0.92) 4.88 (0.46) 0.27 (1.03) 0.015*
Commitment (commitment) 3.36 (1.79) 4.3 (1.06) 0.94 (2.24) 3.56 (1.76) 4.84 (0.50) 1.28 (1.81) 0.175

diff. = difference; BL = baseline; F = follow up.

* P ≤ 0.05, ** P ≤ 0.01, *** P ≤ 0.001. All questions included 5-point rating scales and response choices from “1 = not at all” to “5 = very much.” Health knowledge: sum scale (0–13).