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Table 3 Comparison of pre and post intervention scores within intervention and control areas

From: Development and implementation of a worksite-based intervention to improve mothers’ knowledge, attitudes, and skills in sharing information with their adolescent daughters on preventing sexual violence: lessons learned in a developing setting, Sri Lanka

Component

Area

Pre-intervention

Median

IQR

Post-intervention

Median

IQR

Z value

Significance

Effect size (r)

Knowledge for preventing sexual violence among girls

IA

86.1

(70.9–92.3)

89.6

(79.5–94.3)

-3.58

P < 0.01

0.30

CA

87.3

(77.0-91.9)

89.6

(79.5–94.3)

-1.28

P = 0.2

0.11

Attitudes on communicating sex-related matters with adolescent girls

IA

70.8

(62.5–83.3)

75.0

(70.0–85.0)

-1.98

P = 0.06

0.17

CA

75.0

(66.5–83.3)

75.0

(70.0–85.0)

-0.58

P = 0.56

0.05

Content of mother-daughter communication of sexual violence prevention

IA

75.0

(37.5–87.5)

87.5

(62.5–87.5)

-5.55

P < 0.01

0.47

CA

62.5

(62.5–87.5)

70.0

(62.5–83.5)

-1.10

P = 0.27

0.09

Frequency of mother-daughter communication on sexual violence prevention

IA

58.3

(41.7–75.0)

70.8

(62.0-83.3)

-8.07

P < 0.01

0.73

CA

70.8

(50.0–83.0)

66.7

(50.0-83.3)

-0.24

P = 0.81

0.02

  1. *Statistical test used for analysis: wilcoxon-signed-rank test