Table 5.

Comparison of the psychometric characteristics of the control group pre- and post- intervention.

	Before Intervention Mean ± SD	After Intervention Mean ± SD	p-value*
SDQ score
Total	18 ± 6.47	14.35 ± 6.34	0.007
Emotional symptoms	2.92 ± 2.72	1.92 ± 1.70	0.062
Conduct problems	1.40 ± 1.83	0.82 ± 1.21	0.013
Hyperactivity score	3.82 ± 3.37	3.42 ± 3.24	0.498
Peer problem	2.5 ± 2.08	1.96 ± 1.55	0.114
Prosocial behaviour	7.35 ± 2.45	7.17 ± 2.31	0.672
PedsQL score
Physical functioning	70.75 ± 23.07	76.00 ± 18.90	0.212
Emotional functioning	56.96 ± 26.46	65.00 ± 24.50	0.121
Social functioning	67.50 ± 28.90	77.85 ± 16.75	0.049
School functioning	69.46 ± 26.60	74.46 ± 23.50	0.166
SiC score
Total	43.85 ± 8.82	42.26 ± 8.06	0.430
Lack of well-being	14.08 ± 3.91	13.53 ± 4.05	0.830
Distress	18.20 ± 2.87	16.11 ± 2.42	0.002
Lack of social support	13.11 ± 2.98	12.75 ± 2.68	0.500

SDQ: Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire, PedsQL: Pediatric Quality of Life, SiC: Stress in Children

^*Difference of means tested with two dependent samples Student’s t test or nonparametric Wilcoxon signed rank test (implemented in SDQ emotional symptoms, conduct problems, hyperactivity, peer problem scores, in all PedsQL scores and in SiC score). Statistical significance at p<0.05.