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

Table 2 Intervention effects on the developmental performances of children, using Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE)

	Intervention effect (at 3 months)				Intervention effect (at 6 months)
Developmental Performances	Estimates(SE)	Z	P-value	Effect size	Estimates(SE)	Z	P-value	Effect size
Language	1.46 (0.60)	2.43	0.0151	0.34	1.79 (0.56)	3.20	0.0014	0.55
Personal Social	0.49 (0.37)	1.31	0.1907	–	1.10 (0.42)	2.63	0.0087	0.56
Social-Emotional	−12.73 (3.13)	− 4.07	< 0.0001	− 0.603	−27.06 (2.33)	−11.61	< 0.0001	−1.28
Fine Motor	− 0.14 (0.40)	− 0.36	0.7177	–	− 0.02 (0.45)	− 0.05	0.9562	–
Gross Motor	0.48 (0.57)	0.85	0.3938	–	0.63 (0.58)	1.09	0.2750	–

Intervention effect-the difference in developmental performance between intervention and control groups at 3 or 6 months
SE Standard Error, Z test statistic for GEE Models, P-value significance level

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