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Table 1 Participant characteristics at screening

From: Effectiveness of group-based indicated prevention in children identified with disruptive behavior problems: results of an implementation study in the German health care system

 

Normal

(NOR)

n = 881

Baghira

(BA)

n = 171

No Baghira

(NO BA)

n = 46

Group comparisons

 

n

M

SD

n

M

SD

n

M

SD

Χ2/F-test

df

p

Age of child (at screening)

880

6.74

1.95

169

6.79

1.87

46

5.96

1.84

3.74

2

.024

 

n

%

 

n

%

 

n

%

    

Sex of child

878

  

171

  

46

     

Female

476

54.2

 

41

24.0

 

15

32.6

 

57.29

2

 <.001

Male

402

45.8

 

130

76.0

 

31

67.4

    

Household monthly

income (after taxes)

            

< 1000 €

7

1.1

 

4

3.2

 

1

3.8

    

1000–2000 €

73

11.1

 

20

16.1

 

3

11.5

    

2000–3000 €

101

15.4

 

24

19.4

 

9

34.6

 

17.07

8

.029

3000–4000 €

249

37.9

 

42

33.9

 

5

19.2

    

> 4000 €

227

34.6

 

34

27.4

 

8

30.8

    

Missing

224

  

47

  

20

     

Child attending…

            

Kindergarten

367

50.8

 

63

47.4

 

21

72.4

    

School—First grade

30

4.1

 

11

8.3

 

1

3.4

    

Second grade

124

17.2

 

22

16.5

 

0

    

Third grade

92

12.7

 

21

15.8

 

4

13.8

 

15.69

10

.109

Fourth grade

70

9.7

 

8

6.0

 

1

3.4

    

Fifth grade

40

5.5

 

8

6.0

 

2

6.9

    

Family status

            

Single parent

70

9.7

 

20

15.3

 

6

20.0

    

In a relationship/married

627

86.5

 

108

82.4

 

23

76.7

 

6.90

4

.141

Other

28

3.9

 

3

2.3

 

1

3.3

    
  1. N can vary as not every family filed in all items. Normal: Children that were screened as ‘normal’ according to the SDQ [53], Baghira: Children who received a recommendation from their pediatrician for a prevention program and participated in “Baghira”, No Baghira: Children of families who also received the prevention recommendation from their pediatrician but refused participating in “Baghira”
  2. n: number of cases; M: mean; SD: standard deviation; χ2: Chi square test; df: degrees of freedom. Whenever necessary, Bonferroni correction was used