Table 3.
Mean Likert Scale Scores and standard deviations for each confidence and acceptability item at pre-workshop (confidence only), post-workshop, and follow-up
| Pre-workshop | Post-workshop | Follow-up (FU) | Mean difference Pre to Post |
Mean difference Pre to FU |
Mean difference Post to FU |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Confidence | ||||||
| Confidence in identifying signs at 12 months | 2.60 (1.24) | 5.06 (0.69) | 4.77 (0.72) | + 2.46 | + 2.17 | − 0.29 |
| Confidence in identifying signs at 18 months | 2.99 (1.26) | 5.15 (0.64) | 4.91 (0.80) | + 2.16 | + 1.92 | − 0.24 |
| Confidence in identifying signs at 24 months | 3.67 (1.25) | 5.25 (0.59) | 5.15 (0.78) | + 1.58 | + 1.48 | − 0.10 |
| Confidence in identifying signs at 30 months | 4.01 (1.28) | 5.18 (0.82) | 5.17 (0.72) | + 1.18 | + 1.16 | − 0.02 |
| Confidence in discussing concerns with parents | 3.55 (1.28) | 4.86 (0.70) | 4.71 (0.92) | + 1.31 | + 1.17 | − 0.14 |
| Acceptability of the SACS-R tool | ||||||
| Easy to incorporate into practice | 5.22 (0.78) | 4.78 (0.98) | − 0.44 | |||
| Will regularly use | 5.33 (0.80) | 4.74 (1.23) | − 0.59 | |||
| Help me to understand autism in infancy and toddlerhood | 5.62 (0.55) | 5.58 (0.05) | − 0.03 | |||
| Parents will be comfortable with the SAC-R | 4.98 (0.66) | 4.64 (0.88) | − 0.34 | |||
| SAC-R is appropriate for Māori whānau | 5.23 (0.71) | 4.86 (1.06) | − 0.39 |