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Table 4 Comparing the mean scores for participants’ knowledge of neonatal developmental care inter and between two groups

From: Assessing virtual education on nurses’ perception and knowledge of developmental care of preterm infants: a quasi-experimental study

Group

Pre-interventionb

Post-interventiona

Mean difference

Intragroup comparisonc

Intervention

77.16 ± 17.20

90.33 ± 13.82

−13.16

t (29) = − 4.111

P < 0.001

Control

52.66 ± 18.08

53.66 ± 26.55

−1

t (29) = − 0.379

P = 0.702

Mean difference

24.50

36.67

  

Intergroup comparison

t(58) = 5.376

P = 0.001

F(1,57) = 11.478

P < 0.001

Ƞ2 = 0.168

  
  1. aUnivariate analysis of covariance
  2. bIndependent samples t
  3. cPaired samples t-test, Ƞ2 effect size