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Table 2 Baseline comparison between mothers’ awareness towards child injuries and injury prevention at home and mothers with high/low SOC-score, presented with statistical significance between the intervention group (IG) and the comparison group (CG) of mothers (n = 99)

From: Mothers’ awareness towards child injuries and injury prevention at home: an intervention study

Variable

Baseline awareness median

SOC ≥ 65c

SOC ≤ 64c

IG compared to CG

Awareness

 

(n) %a

(n) %a

p value*

Many injuries to young children occur at homeb

5.00

(20) 44.4

(25) 55.6

NS

I have good and sufficient knowledge about suitable precautions to take to decrease the risk of child injuries at homeb

8.00

(20) 54.1

(17) 45.9

NS

I have taken sufficient precautions to decrease the risk of child injuries at homeb

8.00

(20) 51.3

(19) 48.7

NS

  1. a Rates less than median
  2. b Scores from 0–10/disagree-agree
  3. c Total score of SOC-13 (possible score: 13–91)
  4. * Statistic significance at <0.05 (χ²)