Table 3 Mothers’ awareness towards child injuries at home and injury prevention before and after individual-based information, between the Intervention group (IG) and the comparison group (CG), (n = 99)
From: Mothers’ awareness towards child injuries and injury prevention at home: an intervention study
Statement | Intervention group n = 50 | Comparison group n = 49 | IG compared to CG | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baseline awareness (n) % | Follow-up (n) % | p value | Baseline awareness (n) % | Follow-up (n) % | p value* | OR (95 % CI) | |
Missings | (0) 0 | (14) 28 | (3) 6 | (17) 34 | |||
Many injuries to young children occur at homeb | Median 5.00 | Median 7.00 | 0.025* | Median 5.00 | Median 5.00 | 0.255 | 2.3 (1.3–4.3)a |
I have good and sufficient knowledge about suitable precautions to take to decrease the risk of child injuries at homeb | Median 8.00 | Median 8.00 | NS | Median 8.00 | Median 9.00 | NS | |
I have taken sufficient precautions, to decrease the risk of child injuries at homeb | Median 8.00 | Median 9.00 | NS | Median 8.00 | Median 9.00 | NS | |