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Table 2 knowledge, abstinence from sex, intention to abstain from sex and HBM domains mean scores difference between intervention and control groups, adjusted for clusters at endpoint

From: Assessing the impact of an educational intervention program on sexual abstinence based on the health belief model amongst adolescent girls in Northern Ghana, a cluster randomised control trial

Variable

Control (N = 180)

Intervention (N = 183)

P (ANCOVA)

Before mean (SD)

After mean (SD)

Before mean (SD)

After mean (SD)

 

Knowledge

58.17 (10.70)

62.28 (12.50)

60.49 (12.89)

87.58 (5.12)

<0.001

Perceived Susceptibility

43.92 (23.82)

42.72 (21.87)

47.13 (19.76)

95.71 (5.10)

<0.001

Perceived Severity

72.71 (23.08)

74.82 (21.66)

81.50(18.80)

95.93 (5.82)

<0.001

Perceived Barriers

67.89 (19.74)

67.79 (18.22)

69.40 (16.88)

84.23(13.84)

<0.001

Perceived Benefits

75.28 (21.33)

77.61 (20.71)

85.55 (14.87)

99.67 (1.12)

<0.001

Perceived Self-efficacy

61.86 (23.59)

63.54 (24.00)

75.89 (16.58)

83.74(14.64)

<0.001

Cues to action

44.93 (13.52)

44.86 (13.24)

43.31 (12.45)

43.36(12.75)

0.582

Attitude

139.42 (30.23)

141.36 (28.20)

145.10 (27.87)

194.12 (9.53)

<0.001

Intention to abstain from sex

84.44 (23.21)

93.33 (18.86)

89.89 (20.13)

98.45(5.22)

<0.001

Abstinence from sex

71.35 (27.21)

74.89(27.94)

84.42(22.76)

92.42(11.59)

0.001