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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Feb 25.
Published in final edited form as: AIDS. 2017 Aug 24;31(13):1877–1883. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000001563

Table 2.

Child and caregiver unadjusted and adjusted1 outcomes

MISC, N=58N
Unadjusted Mean (SE)
UCOBAC, N=60
Unadjusted Mean (SE)
Unadjusted Mean Difference by Arm (95% CI) P-value for Unadjusted Mean Difference MISC, N=58
Adjusted Mean (SE)
UCOBAC, N=60
Adjusted Mean (SE)
Adjusted Mean Difference by Arm (95% CI) P-value for Adjusted Mean Difference
Mullen composite
 Mid-program2 70.02 (1.94) 72.54 (2.80) −2.52 (−9.28, 4.25) 0.46 70.22 (1.63) 73.22 (1.58) −3.00 (−7.28, 1.29) 0.17
 Immediate Post-program 68.56 (2.06) 69.29 (2.54) −0.73 (−7.22. 5.76) 0.22 69.17 (1.66) 69.01 (1.56) 0.16 (−4.14, 4.47) 0.94
 12 month Follow-up 67.94 (2.05) 65.85 (1.82) 2.09 (−3.35, 7.53) 0.44 68.25 (1.67) 65.52 (1.57) 2.73 (−1.59, 7.06) 0.21
Mullen gross motor
 Mid-program 29.17 (0.57) 30.00 (0.52) −0.83 (−2.26, 0.69) 0.28 29.43 (0.52) 29.81 (0.53) −0.38 (1.79, 0.89) 0.59
 Immediate Post-program 29.44 (0.60) 30.62 (0.46) −1.18 (−2.68, 0.33) 0.12 30.02 (0.53) 30.39 (0.52) −0.37 (−1.90, 0.78) 0.60
 12 month Follow-up 33.06 (0.44) 33.06 (0.56) 0 (−1.41, 1.42) 0.99 33.29 (0.53) 32.98 (0.52) 0.31 (−0.84, 1.84) 0.66
Mullen fine motor
 Mid-program 33.04 (1.74) 34.81 (2.00) −1.78 (−7.03, 3.48) 0.50 34.28 (1.41) 34.33 (1.42) −0.05 (−4.35, 3.02) 0.98
 Immediate Post-program 31.42 (1.58) 34.84 (2.01) −3.42 (−8.48, 1.65) 0.18 33.64 (1.43) 34.11 (1.40) −0.47 (−4.19, 3.20) 0.80
 12 month Follow-up 31.83 (1.63) 32.74 (1.30) −0.91 (−5.05, 3.22) 0.66 33.88 (1.43) 32.59 (1.39) 1.29 (−1.88, 5.54) 0.50
 Mid-program 28.76 (1.22) 30.61 (1.61) −1.85 (−5.89, 2.16) 0.36 27.95 (1.17) 29.49 (1.17) −1.54 (−5.06, 1.34) 0.33
 Immediate Post-program 27.92 (1.33) 29.40 (1.56) −1.48 (−5.54, 2.58) 0.72 27.37 (1.19) 28.03 (1.15) −0.66 (−4.10, 2.23) 0.67
 12 month Follow-up 29.58 (1.32) 27.06 (1.17) 2.52 (−0.97, 6.02) 0.16 28.59 (1.18) 26.23 (1.15) 2.36 (−0.87, 5.59) 0.14
Mullen Receptive Language
 Mid-program 35.70 (1.45) 34.93 (1.63) 0.77 (−3.55, 5.10) 0.72 36.27 (1.16) 35.08 (1.13) 1.19 (−1.85, 4.23) 0.44
 Immediate Post-program 34.71 (1.40) 33.16 (1.46) 1.55 (−2.46, 5.55) 0.45 35.57 (1.18) 32.44 (1.11) 3.13 (0.08, 6.18) 0.04
 12 month Follow-up 31.62 (1.22) 30.19 (1.41) 1.43 (−2.26, 5.12) 0.45 32.44 (1.18) 29.88 (1.12) 2.56 (−0.50, 5.63) 0.10
Mullen Expressive Language
 Mid-program 35.06 (1.40) 35.91 (1.77) −0.85 (−5.33, 3.63) 0.71 34.23 (1.48) 35.27 (1.48) −1.04 (−4.98, 2.64) 0.60
 Immediate Post-program 36.62 (1.53) 34.25 (1.63) 2.37 (−2.09, 6.81) 0.30 36.22 (1.49) 33.50 (1.45) 2.72 (−1.67, 5.99) 0.18
 12 month Follow-up 36.04 (1.58) 34.17 (1.27) 1.87 (−2.16, 5.90) 0.36 35.42 (1.49) 33.69 (1.45) 1.73 (−1.68, 6.01) 0.38

COAT immediate recall
 Mid-program 4.26 (0.49) 5.17 (0.58) −0.91 (−2.42, 0.61) 0.24 5.13 (0.91) 4.78 (0.90) 0.35 (−2.09, 2.78) 0.86
 Immediate Post-program 5.00 (0.58) 6.45 (0.62) −1.45 (−3.14, 0.23) 0.09 5.72 (0.93) 6.03 (0.89) −0.31 (−2.76, 2.13) 0.99
 12 month follow-up 8.25 (1.07) 9.94 (1.42) −1.69 (−5.22, 1.83) 0.34 9.17 (0.93) 9.87 (0.89) −0.70 (−3.16, 1.76) 0.71
COAT total recall
 Mid-program 11.07 (1.82) 13.09 (2.19) −2.02 (−7.66, 3.62) 0.48 14.03 (2.03) 11.28 (2.00) 2.75 (−2.68, 8.18) 0.32
 Immediate Post-program 13.60 (1.99) 17.98 (2.41) −4.38 (−10.58, 1.82) 0.17 16.24 (2.07) 16.04 (1.98) 0.20 (−5.25, 5.65) 0.94
 12 month follow-up 17.19 (2.02) 18.20 (2.41) −1.01 (−7.26, 5.24) 0.75 20.40 (2.07) 16.29 (1.98) 4.11 (−1.36, 9.59) 0.14
BRIEF Emergent Metacognition Index
 Mid-program 63.46 (1.83) 62.00 (2.13) 1.46 (−4.11, 7.04) 0.60 63.48 (1.87) 61.75 (1.88) 1.73 (−2.76, 7.18) 0.49
 Immediate Post-program 62.42 (2.09) 56.74 (1.98) 5.66 (−0.02, 11.40) 0.05 62.75 (1.89) 57.57 (1.89) 5.18 (−0.71, 9.34) 0.05
 12 month follow-up 58.40 (2.00) 58.54 (1.90) −0.14 (−5.60, 5.34) 0.96 58.67 (1.88) 58.99 (1.85) −0.32 (−5.63, 4.40) 0.90
BRIEF Inhibitory Self-Control Index
 Mid-program 63.54 (1.71) 63.33 (1.77) 0.21 (−4.69, 5.09) 0.93 63.73 (1.68) 61.78 (1.70) 1.95 (−1.87, 7.02) 0.39
 Immediate Post-program 62.65 (1.95) 60.11 (1.82) 2.54 (−2.74, 7.83) 0.34 63.11 (1.70) 58.63 (1.70) 4.48 (−0.22, 8.75) 0.05
 12 month follow-up 58.23 (1.66) 59.22 (1.86) −0.99 (−5.93, 3.95) 0.69 58.69 (1.70) 57.97 (1.68) 0.72 (−3.80, 5.16) 0.75
BRIEF Flexibility Index
 Mid-program 56.61 (1.70) 58.63 (1.83) −2.02 (−6.97, 2.93) 0.42 56.11 (1.76) 57.84 (1.76) −1.73 (−5.18, 4.17) 0.47
 Immediate Post-program 55.90 (2.04) 55.02 (1.81) 0.89 (−4.51, 6.28) 0.75 55.58 (1.78) 54.09 (1.77) 1.49 (−3.35, 6.08) 0.53
 12 month follow-up 52.33 (1.52) 55.57 (1.95) −3.25 (−8.16, 1.67) 0.19 52.30 (1.77) 54.29 (1.74) −1.99 (−7.39, 2.03) 0.40
BRIEF Global Executive Composite
 Mid-program 63.74 (1.88) 63.28 (1.98) 0.46 (−4.95, 5.87) 0.87 63.73 (1.79) 62.41 (1.82) 1.32 (−2.73, 6.91) 0.59
 Immediate Post-program 62.29 (2.22) 58.91 (1.89) 3.38 (−1.39, 10.16) 0.13 63.64 (1.82) 58.59 (1.82) 5.05 (−0.34, 9.39) 0.04
 12 month follow-up 57.96 (1.81) 58.89 (2.00) −0.93 (−6.28, 4.43) 0.73 58.29 (1.81) 58.42 (1.79) −0.13 (−5.28, 4.44) 0.96

Caregiver Depression symptoms
 Mid-program2 0.94 (0.07) 0.84 (0.06) 0.10 (−0.08, 0.27) 0.28 0.96 (0.06) 0.86 (0.06) 0.10 (−0.11, 0.25) 0.26
 Immediate Post-program 0.76 (0.06) 0.77 (0.06) −0.01 (−0.17, 0.15) 0.89 0.73 (0.06) 0.77 (0.06) −0.04 (−0.21, 0.15) 0.68
 12 month follow-up 0.72 (0.07) 0.93 (0.07) −0.21 (−0.42, −0.01) 0.04 0.75 (0.06) 0.92 (0.06) −0.17 (−0.34, 0.02) 0.06
Caregiver Anxiety symptoms
 Mid-program 0.83 (0.08) 0.70 (0.07) 0.13 (−0.08, 0.33) 0.23 0.82 (0.07) 0.72 (0.07) 0.10 (−0.12, 0.30) 0.34
 Immediate Post-program 0.68 (0.07) 0.72 (0.07) −0.04 (−0.24, 0.15) 0.64 0.60 (0.08) 0.73 (0.08) −0.13 (−0.32, 0.10) 0.27
 12 month follow-up 0.74 (0.07) 0.82 (0.09) −0.08 (−0.33, 0.15) 0.47 0.70 (0.08) 0.79 (0.08) −0.09 (−0.28, 0.15) 0.40
Caregiver Impaired function
 Mid-program 0.28 (0.04) 0.48 (0.05) −0.20 (−0.34, −0.07) <0.01 0.32 (0.05) 0.49 (0.05) −0.17 (−0.31, −0.04) 0.02
 Immediate Post-program 0.20 (0.04) 0.39 (0.06) −0.19 (−0.34, −0.04) 0.01 0.24 (0.05) 0.39 (0.05) −0.15 (−0.28, −0.01) 0.04
 12 month follow-up 0.19 (0.04) 0.37 (0.05) −0.18 (−0.31, −0.06) <0.01 0.22 (0.05) 0.34 (0.05) −0.12 (−0.26, 0.01) 0.08
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adjusted for child age, sex, child highly active anti-retroviral (HAART) status during the trial, outcome score at baseline, caregiver functionality at baseline, Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) inhibitory self-control index, BRIEF global executive composite, and child attention measured via the Early Childhood Vigilance Test (ECVT) at baseline.

2

The mid-program assessment took place 6 months after baseline, the immediate post-program assessment 12 months after baseline, and the 12 month follow-up assessment 24 months after baseline.

MISC=Mediational Intervention for Sensitizing Caregivers, UCOBAC= Uganda Community Based Association for Child Welfare program