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Table 1 Baseline child, maternal and family variables of the control and intervention groups (N = 78)

From: Effects of home-based play-assisted stimulation on developmental performances of children living in extreme poverty: a randomized single-blind controlled trial

Variables

Intervention

Control

p-value

(n = 39)

(n = 39)

 

Child variables

 Age (in months)

20.83 (14.76)

21.05 (14.77)

0.949

 Birth order (born after third child)

23 (59.00%)

11 (28.20%)

0.006*

 Peers in neighborhood (two or more)

34 (87.20%)

34 (87.20%)

1.000

 Girls

14 (35.90%)

22 (56.40%)

0.069

 Language performance

17.50 (9.00)

17.90 (8.90)

0.860

 Personal social performance

14.30 (6.30)

14.40 (6.30)

0.929

 Fine motor performance

16.90 (6.20)

16.40 (5.60)

0.747

 Gross motor performance

18.70 (7.90)

18.80 (7.30)

0.929

 Social-emotional performance

49.00 (17.30)

48.60 (24.50)

0.936

 WHZ

0.20 (1.40)

− 0.10 (1.60)

0.490

 HAZ

−1.40 (1.50)

−1.20 (1.50)

0.570

 WAZ

− 0.60 (1.20)

− 0.70 (1.20)

0.782

Maternal variables

 Age (in years)

40.69 (10.00)

25.87 (5.38)

< 0.001*

 Education (Illiterate or ≤ grade 8)

28 (71.80%)

32 (82.10%)

0.282

 Occupation (house maid or on street merchant)

30 (76.90%)

35 (89.70%)

0.129

Family variables

 Family size (more than 3)

31 (79.50%)

23 (59.00%)

0.050

 Family income (< 1.90 USD/day)

30 (76.90%)

36 (92.30%)

0.060

  1. Chi-square test (n (%) and p-value) and independent samples t-test (mean (SD) and p-value) were performed for categorical and continuous data respectively
  2. *Indicates significant test