Effectiveness of Primary Care Triple P on child psychosocial problems in preventive child healthcare: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Demographic and outcome measures of participants at baseline by treatment group (n = 67)

	PCTP	UC	Total	Pvalue
n	34	33	67
Parent(s)
Age of mother, mean ± SD	41.6 ± 4.92	40.94 ± 3.63	41.34 ± 4.34	NS
Age of father, mean ± SD	44.06 ± 5.47	42.48 ± 3.75	43.32 ± 4.77	NS
Dutch, %	96%	96%	96%	NS
Mother’s education (medium to high), %	58.3%	68.8%	63.3%	NS
Father’s education (medium to high), %	66.6%	67.7%	67.2%	NS
Both parents employed (>12 hours/week), %	57.6%	67.7%	62.5%	NS
Child
Age, mean ± SD	10.57 ± 0.73	10.60 ± 0.65	10.59 ± 0.68	NS
Gender (boys), %	44.4%	67.6%	55.7%
Household
Single parent, %	25.0%	6.2%	16.2%	NS
Financial concerns, %	8.6%	15.6%	11.9%	NS
Family size (number of members), mean ± SD	4.34 ± 1.09	3.83 ± 0.78	4.07 ± 0.97	S
Baseline measures, mean ± SD
SDQ-TDS	13.89 ± 4.42	13.03 ± 4.57	13.46 ± 4.48	NS
ECBI total score	104.17 ± 22.29	99.88 ± 19.42	102.06 ± 20.89	NS
PS mean score	3.34 ± 0.64	3.15 ± 0.56	3.25 ± 0.61	NS
PSI total score	28.50 ± 12.06	24.71 ± 7.66	26.66 ± 10.27	NS
PSBC total score	216.26 ± 42.45	230.27 ± 32.35	223.06 ± 38.26	NS
DASS total score	19.11 ± 22.57	12.82 ± 11.39	16.06 ± 18.18	NS

Abbreviations: DASS, Depression Anxiety Stress Scale; ECBI, Eyberg Child Behavior Inventory; NS, not significant; PCTP, Primary Care Triple P; PS, Parenting Scale; PSBC, Problem Setting and Behaviour Checklist; PSI, Parental Stress Index; SDQ-TDS, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire – Total Difficulties Score; UC, usual care.

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