Effect of educational intervention based on health belief model on accident prevention behaviours in mothers of children under 5-years

Table 3 Comparison of mean scores of awareness, perceived sensitivity, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self-efficacy, cues to action and performance in experimental and control groups before and 3 months after educational intervention

Variable	Group	Before the intervention	6 months after the intervention	p-value
Awareness	Experimental	44.15 ± 8.23	77.12 ± 8.97	0.001
	Control	46.22 ± 8.10	47.39 ± 38.14	0.282
	p-value	0.253	0.001
Perceived sensitivity	Experimental	28.16 ± 5.14	70.28 ± 8.33	0.001
	Control	27.59 ± 4.97	29.10 ± 4.22	0.259
	p-value	0.277	0.001
Perceived severity	Experimental	38.25 ± 6.72	78.28 ± 7.49	0.001
	Control	36.70 ± 6.92	39.04 ± 6.61	0.273
	p-value	0.217	0.001
Perceived benefits	Experimental	41.16 ± 7.42	80.10 ± 8.25	0.001
	Control	43.11 ± 7.30	45.23 ± 7.32	0.216
	p-value	0.220	0.001
Perceived barriers	Experimental	68.86 ± 8.23	22.49 ± 4.44	0.001
	Control	65.88 ± 8.34	64.09 ± 8.27	0.287
	p-value	0.202	0.001
Perceived self-efficacy	Experimental	29.82 ± 5.33	71.86 ± 8.26	0.001
	Control	30.82 ± 5.91	32.14 ± 5.83	0.284
	p-value	0.295	0.001
Cues to action	Experimental	34.12 ± 4.25	70.18 ± 8.29	0.001
	Control	33.39 ± 4.38	35.92 ± 4.46	0.199
	p-value	0.293	0.001
Performance	Experimental	32.28 ± 4.55	69.94 ± 8.08	0.001
	Control	33.80 ± 4.60	35.12 ± 4.65	0.257
	p-value	0.288	0.001

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