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Table 3 Child and caregiver emotional and behavioral outcomes at 6 months

From: Use of the creating opportunities for parent empowerment programme to decrease mental health problems in Ugandan children surviving severe malaria: a randomized controlled trial

Domain

Intervention (n = 45)

Control (n = 50)

Mean difference (95% CI)

P value

Behavioral problem in the child (n, %)

3 (6.8%)

5 (10.0%)

 

0.72

SDQ total problems

10.26 (0.71)

10.69 (0.66)

− 0.43 (− 2.35 to 1.50)

0.66a

SDQ emotional problems

2.23 (0.29)

2.22 (0.27)

0.01 (− 0.79 to 0.81)

0.99a

SDQ conduct problems

2.21 (0.29)

2.98 (0.27)

− 0.77 (− 1.55 to 0.01)

0.054a

SDQ hyperactivity problems

3.99 (0.29)

3.76 (0.27)

0.22 (− 0.57 to 1.02)

0.58a

SDQ peer problems

1.84 (0.22)

1.72 (0.20)

0.12 (− 0.47 to 0.70)

0.70a

SDQ prosocial problems

7.78 (0.25)

8.15 (0.24)

− 0.37 (− 1.06 to 0.32)

0.29a

CBCL total problems

− 1.38 (0.12)

− 1.32 (0.12)

− 0.06 (− 0.39 to 0.27)

0.74a

CBCL internalizing problems

− 1.20 (0.10)

− 1.20 (0.10)

0.002 (− 0.27 to 0.28)

0.99a

CBCL externalizing problems

− 1.35 (0.12)

− 1.17 (0.11)

− 0.18 (− 0.50 to 0.14)

0.26a

HSCL caregiver anxiety

2.94 (0.69)

4.51 (0.66)

− 1.57 (− 3.46 to 0.32)

0.10b

HSCL caregiver depression

8.85 (1.14)

9.24 (1.09)

− 0.38 (− 3.53 to 2.77)

0.81b

  1. All figures are mean (standard error) unless otherwise stated. Frequencies compared with Fisher’s exact test. Continuous values compared with analysis of covariance
  2. aAdjusted for caregiver depression, mother’s education and child’s sex
  3. bAdjusted for presence of diarrhea and behavioral problems for the child during admission