Table 5.

Average and SD of parents’ responses to the end-of-study questionnaire. Scores ranged from 1 to 5, whereby 1 indicated non-agreement with a statement (i.e. ‘strongly disagree’), and 5 indicated agreement with the statement (i.e. ‘strongly agree’)

		Written information clear	Oral communication clear	Difficulties understanding information about study	The study was important	Difficult to attend weekly	Would have preferred home visits	Sessions too long	Baby enjoyed study	Baby tired by end of sessions	Taking part demanding	Would recommend to other parents	Would take part again	Would have liked to know group allocation
Control	Mean	4.67	4.67	1.00	4.67	1.00	2.33	2.00	4.00	4.00	1.33	4.67	5.00	2.67
	SD	0.58	0.58	–	0.58	–	1.15	1.00	–	1.00	0.58	0.58	–	0.58
Intervention	Mean	4.75	4.75	2.25	5.00	2.25	3.33	2.25	3.75	3.75	2.00	4.75	4.75	2.75
	SD	0.50	0.50	1.89	0.00	1.26	0.58	0.96	0.50	0.50	1.41	0.50	0.50	0.50
Total	Mean	4.71	4.71	1.71	4.86	1.71	2.83	2.14	3.86	3.86	1.71	4.71	4.86	2.71
	SD	0.49	0.49	1.50	0.38	1.11	0.98	0.90	0.38	0.69	1.11	0.49	0.38	0.49