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Table 2 Baseline comparisons of scores on outcome measures and mediators

From: School-based mental health intervention for children in war-affected Burundi: a cluster randomized trial

  

Intervention condition

Waitlist condition

T (df)

P

ICC

  

(N = 153)

(N = 176)

   
  

Mean

SD

Mean

SD

   

Outcomes

PTSD symptoms

15.62

9.42

16.30

7.35

−0.738 (327)

0.461

0.035

 

Depressive symptoms

9.97

4.82

11.28

5.08

−2.396 (327)

0.017*

0.036

 

Hope

15.97

5.77

15.03

5.81

1.471 (327)

0.142

0.038

 

Function impairment

13.97

5.01

14.49

5.12

−0.934 (327)

0.351

0.035

Mediators

Coping repertoire

7.72

2.57

8.92

2.40

−4.354 (325)

0.000**

0.036

 

Coping satisfaction

17.68

7.01

19.66

5.84

−2.793 (325)

0.006**

0.036

 

Social support

10.51

5.10

12.63

4.46

−4.024 (327)

0.000**

0.031

  1. df, degrees of freedom; ICC, intra cluster correlation; PTSD, posttraumatic stress disorder; SD, standard deviation; *: statistically significant at α 0.01-0.05, **: statistically significant at α <0.01.