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Table 2 Health services utilization across two arms at baseline and during past 6-months (N = 540)

From: Effectiveness of a technology-assisted, family volunteers delivered, brief, multicomponent parents’ skills training intervention for children with developmental disorders in rural Pakistan: a cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Group

Baseline

6-months post-intervention

n (%)

Mean number of visits (SD)

Mean duration in minutes (SD)

n (%)

Mean number of visits (SD)

Mean duration in minutes (SD)

Education services

 Main stream school

ETAU arm

65

5.88 (0.57)

5.85 (0.66)

81

5.90 (0.30)

5.89 (0.89)

Intervention arm

54

5.85 (0.40)

5.72 (0.71)

79

5.87 (0.43)

5.77 (1.04)

Outpatient services

 Traditional healer

ETAU arm

2

3.00 (1.41)

7.50 (3.53)

9

2.44 (1.59)

16.67 (11.45)

Intervention arm

2

2.00 (0)

7.50 (3.53)

9

4.56 (6.63)

12.78 (7.12)

 Mental health professional

ETAU arm

0

0

0

0

0

0

Intervention arm

0

0

0

0

0

0

 Medical doctor

ETAU arm

5

16.60 (13.53)

28 (4.47)

7

54 (78.4)

60.71 (43.05)

Intervention arm

10

11.90 (16.42)

42 (31.46)

7

2.57 (1.71)

62.14 (53.68)

 Community health worker

ETAU arm

13

3.38 (3.66)

10.38 (8.47)

33

2.82 (2.28)

10.09 (7.32)

Intervention arm

10

5.40 (5.48)

15.50 (11.41)

13

4.85 (6.65)

9.54 (5.72)

 Any others services

ETAU arm

5

3.40 (1.94)

11.00 (11.93)

0

0

0

Intervention arm

5

5.80 (4.49)

11.00 (4.18)

0

0

0

Religious help and retreats

ETAU arm

ETAU arm

4.04 (15.52)

a

89

5.51 (5.92)

0

Intervention arm

Intervention arm

6.07 (18.50)

a

69

6.53 (7.94)

0

  1. ETAU enhanced treatment-as-usual
  2. aData was missing