Effect of educational intervention based on theory of planned behaviour on promoting preventive behaviours of oral cancer in rural women

Table 2 Mean score of TPB constructs, oral cancer prevention behaviors, and Nicotine dependence of the participants:

Variables	Group	Before the intervention	4 months after the intervention	mean difference	p-value
Knowledge	Experimental	7.44 ± 1.52	13.14 ± 1.22	5.7 ± 0.3	0.001
	Control	6.98 ± 1.64	7.34 ± 1.37	0.36 ± 0.27	0.195
	p-value	0.189	0.001	-
Attitude	Experimental	28.76 ± 4.67	52.48 ± 4.18	23.72 ± 0.49	0.001
	Control	30.45 ± 4.62	32.76 ± 4.58	2.31 ± 0.04	0.104
	p-value	0.122	0.001	-
Perceived behavioral control	Experimental	25.55 ± 3.81	41.97 ± 3.95	16.42 ± 0.14	0.001
	Control	24.70 ± 3.69	26.80 ± 3.73	2.1 ± 0.04	0.101
	p-value	0.142	0.001	-
Subjective norms	Experimental	13.52 ± 2.48	26.58 ± 2.39	13.06 ± 2.09	0.001
	Control	13.72 ± 2.56	13.78 ± 2.68	0.06 ± 0.12	0.248
	p-value	0.236	0.001	-
Behavioral intention	Experimental	6.33 ± 0.96	10.71 ± 0.94	4.38 ± 0.02	0.001
	Control	6.57 ± 0.71	6.66 ± 0.73	0.09 ± 0.02	0.172
	p-value	0.126	0.001	-
Oral cancer prevention behaviors	Experimental	5.28 ± 0.57	10.94 ± 0.72	5.66 ± 0.15	0.001
	Control	5.56 ± 0.62	5.58 ± 0.67	0.02 ± 0.05	0.232
	p-value	0.108	0.001	-
Nicotine dependence	Experimental	82.95 ± 6.89	30.16 ± 6.28	52.79 ± 0.61	0.001
	Control	85.76 ± 6.38	82.39 ± 6.70	3.4 ± 0.32	0.202
	p-value	0.218	0.001	-

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