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. 2022 Dec 5:e225460. Online ahead of print. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2022.5460

Table 2. Unadjusted Average Monthly Count of Outcomes During the Preintervention and Postintervention Time Periods for Each Trial Arm and Absolute Change Between Time Periods.

Outcome Full house remediation (cluster n = 23, houses n = 58) Trash cleanup intervention (cluster n = 20, houses n = 93) No-intervention control (cluster n = 20, houses n = 107)
Pre (N = 1044)a Post (N = 1036)a Change Pre (N = 1674)a Post (N = 1674)a Change Pre (N = 1926)a Post (N = 1926)a Change
Primary kernel density analyses, meanb
Weapons violations 19.97 20.78 0.81 22.07 24.49 2.42 19.91 22.62 2.71
Gun assaults 4.47 5.02 0.55 4.81 5.68 0.87 4.43 5.75 1.32
Shootings 2.75 3.09 0.34 2.89 3.56 0.67 2.69 3.27 0.58
Illegal substance 14.42 15.76 1.34 32.66 39.82 7.16 14.54 14.94 0.4
Public drunkenness 0.39 0.82 0.43 0.29 1.14 0.85 0.15 0.78 0.63
Cluster n = 17, participants n = 48 Cluster n = 20, participants n = 67 Cluster n = 20, participants n = 57
Pre Post Change Pre Post Change Pre Post Change
Perceptions of safety and time outside, mean
Neighborhood safe 2.53 2.64 0.11 2.40 2.63 0.23 2.53 2.59 0.06
Time outside 3.45 3.97 0.52 3.27 3.75 0.48 3.14 3.72 0.58
a

N = count of houses per month × 34 to 36 months included in the data set.

b

The kernel density can be interpreted as the average monthly rate of the outcome per square mile in the designated trial arm.