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| Outcome | Time | Experimental group (n = 20) Mean (SD) | Control group (n = 22) Mean (SD) | Mean difference | P |
| Maternal self esteem | Baseline | 28.25 (4.19) | 27.8 (3.92) | 0.43 | NS |
| 8 weeks | 30.00 (4.21) | 28.57 (3.83)a | 1.43 | NS | |
| Child care stress | Baseline | 7.10 (3.24) | 7.40 (3.44) | 0.30 | NS |
| 8 weeks | 4.95 (2.68) | 6.48 (3.63)a | 1.53 | NS | |
| Maternal loneliness | Baseline | 24.75 (4.88) | 25.18 (5.50) | 0.43 | NS |
| 8 weeks | 20.37 (5.23) | 23.91 (6.07)a | 3.54 | NS | |
| a n = 21 | |||||
