Effect of theory-based education on promoting a healthy lifestyle in pre-diabetic women: RCT

BMC Women's Health

Table 3 Comparison of the intervention and control groups, concerning the TPB and diet, before and after the intervention

Variables and time	Intervention (n = 36)	Control (n = 35)	P*
Attitude
Before	4.53 ± 0.42	4.30 ± 0.42	0.023
After	4.64 ± 0.34	4.49 ± 0.46	0.230
Difference between before and after the intervention***	0.10 ± 0.42	0.20 ± 0.49	0.369
Subjective norms
Before	4.52 ± 0.50	4.44 ± 0.52	0.6
After	4.47 ± 0.69	4.30 ± 0.68	0.226
P**	0.609	0.245
Perceived behavioral control
Before	3.95 ± 0.75	3.75 ± 0.77	0.295
After	4.07 ± 0.69	4.01 ± 0.95	0.912
P**	0.288	0.055
Intention
Before	4.52 ± 0.77	4.37 ± 0.77	0.304
After	4.61 ± 0.68	4.65 ± 0.53	0.994
P**	0.614	0.090
Behavior
Before	1.40 ± 0.24	1.25 ± 0.29	0.027
After	1.53 ± 0.20	1.34 ± 0.27	0.003
Difference between before and after the intervention***	0.13 ± 0.27	0.09 ± 0.26	0.456

**Paired T-test
*Independent T-test
***There were the significant differences between the scores mean of attitude and behavior in before between the control and intervention groups, therefore, for the attitude and behavior, the differences between the means of before and after the intervention were compared. Finally, no significant differences were found

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