Table 4 Comparison of Knowledge dimension scores across the face-to-face and online groups
Components | Groups | df | T | Average | P-value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre-test | Post-test | |||||
Comparison of the total score (0–20) | Face to face | 50 | 18.97 | 8.74 ± 2.75 | 16.92 ± 2.53 |  < 0.001 |
Online | 49 | 14.77 | 8.80 ± 2.35 | 14.70 ± 2.69 |  < 0.001 | |
Between-group comparison | 99 | – | P = 0.91 | P < 0.001 | – | |
Comparison of sub-categories of each training section | ||||||
Prevalence and incidence of the BC (0–5) | Face to face | 50 | 15.20 | 1.39 ± 1.20 | 4.27 ± 0.89 |  < 0.001 |
Online | 49 | 11.37 | 1.44 ± 0.76 | 3.22 ± 1.05 |  < 0.001 | |
Between-group comparison | 99 | – | P = 0.81 | P < 0.001 | – | |
Risk factors (0–4) | Face to face | 50 | 7.75 | 2.07 ± 3.29 | 3.29 ± 0.75 |  < 0.001 |
Online | 49 | 7.21 | 2.18 ± 0.94 | 3.20 ± 0.83 |  < 0.001 | |
Between-group comparison | 99 | – | P = 0.61 | P = 0.55 | – | |
Self-care factors (0–3) | Face to face | 50 | 7.65 | 1.13 ± 0.77 | 2.26 ± 0.86 |  < 0.001 |
Online | 49 | 8.06 | 1.14 ± 0.80 | 2.26 ± 0.69 |  < 0.001 | |
Between-group comparison | 99 | – | P = 0.98 | P = 0.87 | – | |
Diagnosis of the breast neoplasm (0–4) | Face to face | 50 | 14.30 | 1.41 ± 0.89 | 3.47 ± 0.73 |  < 0.001 |
Online | 49 | 12.76 | 1.40 ± 0.92 | 2. 38 ± 0.80 |  < 0.001 | |
Between-group comparison | 99 | – | P = 0.94 | P = 0.55 | – | |
BSE steps (0–4) | Face to face | 50 | 5.58 | 2.72 ± 1.11 | 3.54 ± 0.75 |  < 0.001 |
Online | 49 | 3.55 | 2.64 ± 0.96 | 3.21 ± 0.86 |  < 0.001 | |
Between-group comparison | 99 | – | P = 0.68 | P = 0.48 | – | |