The effect of family-centered empowerment model on burden of care in parents and blood glucose level of children with type I diabetes family empowerment on burden of care and HbA1C

Table 1 Comparison of the burden scores of parents of children with type 1 diabetes in control and intervention groups before, after the intervention, and two months later

Variable	Control group (N = 50)			Intervention group (N = 50)			P-value
Variable	First quartile	Median	Third quartile	First quartile	Median	Third quartile	P-value
Parents’ pretest burden scores	62	64.5	67	61.75	64	66	0.161 ^‡
Parents’ posttest burden scores	52	54	56	19	23	26	< 0.0001 ^‡
Parents’ burden scores two months later	50	52	54.2	17.7	20	21	< 0.0001 ^‡
P-value	< 0. 04^€			< 0.0001^€

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