Table 3.

Comparing components between cases and controls group at baseline and the end of study among the Iran University of Medical Sciences staff in 2019 using Mann-Whitney test. No difference between participants at baseline, but significant differences were observed after intervention at most components

	Baseline			End of study
Component	Case	Control	P-value	Case	Control	P-value
Knowledge	2.45 ± 2.14	2.59 ± 2.12	0.503	3.44 ± 1.76	2.55 ± 2.22	0.011
Perceived susceptibility	11.88 ± 2.42	11.52 ± 2.38	0.451	13.27 ± 1.65	11.56 ± 2.30	<  0.001
Perceived severity	13.42 ± 2.58	13.53 ± 2.61	0.780	15.0 ± 1.51	13.66 ± 2.41	0.001
Perceived barriers	19.75 ± 3.01	19.53 ± 3.16	0.625	16.85 ± 2.12	19.62 ± 3.15	<  0.001
Perceived benefits	16.22 ± 2.23	16.58 ± 2.37	0.316	18.16 ± 1.34	16.33 ± 2.31	<  0.001
Cues to action	1.94 ± 1.22	2.0 ± 1.26	0.596	2.03 ± 1.13	1.95 ± 1.24	0.914
Self-efficacy	13.12 ± 2.24	13.55 ± 2.18	0.251	14.61 ± 1.12	13.64 ± 1.92	0.005
Practice	9.25 ± 1.91	9.33 ± 1.84	0.817	12.59 ± 0.79	9.25 ± 1.78	<  0.001