Table 6.
Nutrition knowledge scores (in points) and factors contributing to differences in parental nutrition scores in the overall population, in the control group and in the surveyed group before and after the 6-month educational program.
| Total Sample | Before the Program (Baseline) |
p | After the Program (Follow-Up) | p | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Control Group | Surveyed Group | Control Group | Surveyed Group | ||||
| Nutrition Knowledge Score (Points) | |||||||
| Average score | 8.4 (5.9–9.2) |
8.1 (6.1–8.6) |
8.6 (7.4–10.5) |
ns | 8.3 (6.7–10.1) |
9.5 (7.9–12.3) |
0.008 |
| Nutrition Knowledge Score, n (%) | |||||||
| low | 136 | 79 | 63 | 84 | 79 | ||
| average | 136 | 114 | 74 | 116 | 74 | ||
| high | 249 | 117 | 74 | 110 | 58 | ||
| Child’s Age | |||||||
| 3–4 years | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.1 | ns | 8.2 | 9.2 | 0.005 |
| 5–6 years | 8.5 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 0.043 | 8.4 | 10.6 | 0.0001 |
| Parents’ Education | |||||||
| Primary school | 6.7 | 6.3 | 6.8 | ns | 6.8 | 6.9 | ns |
| Secondary school | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.2 | 0.041 | 9.2 | 8.7 | 0.04 |
| Vocational school | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | ns | 7.9 | 8.1 | ns |
| University | 9.3 | 9.1 | 9.6 | ns | 9.4 | 12.4 | 0.0001 |
Low knowledge score (0–7 points), average knowledge score (8–11 points), high knowledge score (12–15 points), ns—not significant; Changes were calculated as the difference between follow-up vs. baseline values within one group (control or surveyed); p-value—significance level for the observed difference (Mann–Whitney test) or change (Wilcoxon test).