A randomized controlled clinical trial of the effect of supportive counseling on mental health in Iranian mothers of premature infants

Table 4 Comparison of mean scores of anthropometric indices of infants before and after intervention between groups

Variable	Counseling (n = 34) Mean (SD^a)	Control (n = 32) Mean (SD^a)	MD (95% CI)^b	P-value
Weight
Before intervention	1536.8 (343)	1692.5 (483.8)	155.7 (-49.5 to 361.0)	0.134^c
After intervention	3116.6 (685.0)	3116.3 (739.4)	108.7 (-164.7 to 382.1)	0.429^d
Height
Before intervention	40.1 (3.6)	41.6 (3.8)	1.5 (-0.3 to 3.3)	0.106^c
After intervention	48.4 (3.7)	48.7 (4.0)	0.466 (-1.0 to 2.0)	0.536^d
Head Circumference
Before intervention	29.1 (2.2)	29.8 (2.4)	0.7 (-0.5 to 1.8)	0.241^c
After intervention	34.7 (2.2)	34.4 (2.8)	0.6 (-0.2 to 1.3)	0.129^d

After intervention, the number of participants in the counseling group was 32 and in the control group was 30
^aStandard Deviation
^bMean Difference (95% Confidence Interval)
^cIndependent t-test
^dANCOVA

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