The effectiveness of the educational program on knowledge and caring performance of parents of children with colostomy: a clinical trial study

Table 4 Analysis of covariance of the overall scores of parents’ knowledge and caregiving performance in the intervention and control groups

Variable	F-statistic	P-value
Overall score of parents’ knowledge in the control group	3459.66	<0.001
Overall score of parents’ knowledge in the intervention group	1796.60	<0.001
Overall score of parents’ caregiving performance in the control group	1144.76	<0.001
Overall score of parents’ caregiving performance in the intervention group	1585.58	<0.001

Covariance analysis was used to compare scores in the intervention and control groups. The results showed that there was a statistically significant difference between the mean total score of the parental knowledge and care performance assessment before and after the intervention in the control and intervention groups (P < 0.001). Also, confounding factors such as complications leading to hospitalization were controlled

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