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. 2023 Feb 10;25:e41298. doi: 10.2196/41298

Table 3.

Differences in infant neuropsychological development between the intervention and control groups.a


Digital GSH-MBIb group, mean (SD) Control group, mean (SD) β (95% CI) Cohen d (95% CI) P value
Temperament

6 weeks


Activity level 3.51 (0.63) 3.60 (0.65) .07 (−0.10 to 0.23) 0.15 (−0.18 to 0.47) .43


Rhythmicity 3.23 (0.61) 3.37 (0.62) .11 (−0.06 to 0.27) 0.23 (−0.10 to 0.55) .20


Approach 2.50 (0.82) 2.56 (0.92) .03 (−0.13 to 0.20) 0.07 (−0.26 to 0.39) .70


Adaptabilityc 2.57 (0.75) 2.94 (0.78) .22 (0.06 to 0.38) 0.48 (0.15 to 0.81) .006


Intensity of reaction 3.34 (0.79) 3.55 (0.88) .12 (−0.04 to 0.29) 0.25 (−0.08 to 0.57) .13


Quality of moodc 3.09 (0.52) 3.41 (0.68) .25 (0.09 to 0.41) 0.53 (0.20 to 0.86) .002


Attention span 3.34 (0.81) 3.61 (0.73) .17 (0.01 to 0.33) 0.35 (0.03 to 0.67) .04


Distractibilityc 2.42 (0.71) 2.88 (0.71) .30 (0.15 to 0.45) 0.66 (0.33 to 0.99) <.001


Threshold of reaction 4.10 (0.72) 3.94 (0.72) −0.10 (−0.25 to 0.07) 0.21 (−0.11 to 0.54) .25

6 months


Surgency 5.03 (0.96) 4.74 (1.01) −0.16 (−0.32 to 0.01) 0.29 (−0.05 to 0.63) .07


Negative affect 3.82 (1.20) 4.00 (1.29) .06 (−0.11 to 0.23) 0.15 (−0.19 to 0.48) .51


Effortful control 5.10 (0.85) 4.80 (1.02) −0.16 (−0.33 to 0.003) 0.32 (−0.12 to 0.66) .05
Development behaviors

6 weeks


Communication 43.33 (12.33) 39.62 (15.34) −0.13 (−0.30 to 0.05) 0.27 (−0.07 to 0.61) .14


Gross motor 51.88 (11.08) 51.46 (10.85) −0.02 (−0.20 to 0.15) 0.04 (−0.30 to 0.38) .81


Fine motor 47.03 (10.34) 44.62 (11.33) −0.13 (−0.30 to 0.04) 0.22 (−0.12 to 0.56) .12


Problem-solving 48.99 (11.03) 46.54 (13.58) −0.11 (−0.28 to 0.07) 0.20 (−0.14 to 0.54) .21


Personal-social 45.43 (11.59) 44.08 (11.62) −0.06 (−0.23 to 0.12) 0.12 (−0.22 to 0.46) .51

6 months


Communication 51.45 (8.79) 49.35 (11.18) −0.10 (−0.27 to 0.07) 0.21 (−0.13 to 0.55) .26


Gross motor 44.78 (12.59) 42.02 (15.03) −0.10 (−0.27 to 0.07) 0.20 (−0.14 to 0.54) .26


Fine motor 48.99 (12.38) 46.13 (13.56) −0.11 (−0.29 to 0.06) 0.22 (−0.12 to 0.56) .20


Problem-solving 52.25 (9.95) 47.34 (13.42) −0.21 (−0.38 to −0.04) 0.41 (0.06 to 0.76) .02


Personal-social 45.94 (12.65) 47.77 (16.55) −0.14 (−0.32 to 0.03) 0.28 (−0.07 to 0.62) .11

aInfant sex, maternal age, education, and average monthly household income were adjusted for.

b GSH-MBI: guided self-help mindfulness-based intervention.

cAfter the adjustment of false discovery rate, their relationship was still significant.