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. 2022 Apr 4;24(4):e27900. doi: 10.2196/27900

Table 4.

Mean changes from baseline to 6 months in child psychopathology, parenting skills, and parents’ stress in the implementation and randomized controlled trial intervention groups.

Variable Mean (SE) change from baseline to 6 months Implementation versus RCT intervention, mean (95% CI) Pc value

Implementation group (n=600), meana (SE) RCTb intervention (n=232), meana (SE)

Child measures

Primary outcome


Child Behavior Checklist externalizing score 6.3 (0.4) 6.1 (0.6) –0.2 (–1.3 to 1.6) .83

Secondary outcomes


Child Behavior Checklist total score 15.3 (1.0) 14.6 (1.6) –0.7 (–3.0 to 4.5) .70


Child Behavior Checklist internalizing score 3.7 (0.4) 3.4 (0.6) –0.3 (–1.0 to 1.6) .64

Symptom domains


Aggression 5.5 (0.3) 5.5 (0.5) –0.0 (–1.2 to 1.3) .95


Attention 0.7 (0.1) 0.6 (0.1) –0.1 (–0.2 to 0.4) .53


Sleep 1.5 (0.1) 1.5 (0.2) –0.0 (–0.5 to 0.5) 1.0


Withdrawn 0.8 (0.1) 0.5 (0.2) –0.3 (–0.0 to 0.7) .08


Somatic 0.8 (0.1) 0.6 (0.2) –0.2 (–0.2 to 0.7) .29


Anxious 0.9 (0.1) 1.0 (0.2) –0.1 (0.5 to 0.3) .62


Emotional 1.2 (0.1) 1.3 (0.2) –0.1 (–0.7 to 0.4) .58

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fifth edition subscores


Affective problems 1.3 (0.1) 1.3 (0.2) 0.0 (–0.4 to 0.5) .95


Anxiety problems 1.4 (0.1) 1.5 (0.2) –0.1 (–0.6 to 0.4) .69


PDDd problems 1.4 (0.2) 1.2 (0.3) 0.2 (–0.3 to 0.8) .41


ADHDe problems 1.6 (0.1) 1.2 (0.2) 3.5 (–0.2 to 0.9) .17


ODDf problems 1.9 (0.1) 2.2 (0.2) –0.3 (–0.7– 0.2) .26

Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits


Total 4.0 (0.4) 4.3 (0.7) –0.4 (–1.9 to 1.2) .64


Callousness 2.0 (0.2) 2.1 (0.3) –0.1 (–0.7– 0.8) .83


Uncaring 1.6 (0.2) 1.9 (0.3) –0.2 (–1.0 to 0.5) .53


Unemotional 0.2 (0.1) 0.3 (0.2) –0.1 (–0.6 to 0.3) .44
Parent measures

Parenting scale


Total 0.6 (0.0) 0.5 (0.0) 0.0 (–0.1 to 0.1) .50


Laxness 0.4 (0.0) 0.4 (0.1) 0.0 (–0.1 to 0.2) .79


Overreactivity 0.8 (0.1) 0.6 (0.1) 0.2 (–0.0 to 0.4) .07


Hostility 0.3 (0.0) 0.3 (0.1) 0.0 (–0.1 to 0.2) .85

21-item Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scale short form


Total 6.4 (0.7) 3.9 (1.1) 2.5 (0.0 to 5.1) .05


Depression 2.1 (0.3) 1.0 (0.5) 1.1 (0.1 to 2.2) .036


Anxiety 1.0 (0.2) 0.8 (0.3) 0.3 (–0.4 to 0.1) .44


Stress 3.3. (0.4) 2.2 (0.6) 1.1 (–0.2 to 2.4) .09

aLeast-squares means.

bRCT: randomized controlled trial.

cAdjusted with maternal education and duration of problems.

dPDD: pervasive developmental disorder.

eADHD: attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.

fODD: oppositional defiant disorder.