The impact of a specialist home-visiting intervention on the language outcomes of young mothers and their children: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

Waters, Cerith S.; Cannings-John, Rebecca; Channon, Susan; Lugg-Widger, Fiona; Robling, Mike; Paine, Amy L.

doi:10.1186/s40359-022-00926-1

Table 1 Descriptive data for measures of maternal and child language by trial arm

From: The impact of a specialist home-visiting intervention on the language outcomes of young mothers and their children: a pragmatic randomised controlled trial

		Mean	SD	Range	Median	IQR
Mother
Observational data	MLU
	Full sample	3.01	0.57	1.44–4.75	3.00	2.64–3.37
	FNP	3.06	0.52	1.68–4.66	3.03	2.72–3.42
	Usual care	2.96	0.61	1.44–4.75	2.95	2.55–3.34
	Upper bound MLU
	Full sample	8.46	2.03	3.00–16.00	8.00	7.00–10.00
	FNP	8.62	1.89	3.00–15.00	8.00	7.00–10.00
	Usual care	8.30	2.15	3.00–16.00	8.00	7.00–10.00
	Tokens
	Full sample	165.03	65.40	15.00–403.00	162.00	118.00–208.00
	FNP	168.39	60.93	19.00–403.00	167.00	128.00–205.00
	Usual care	161.52	69.71	15.00–383.00	154.00	111.00–213.00
	Types
	Full sample	59.82	17.82	9.00–116	59.00	48.00–72.00
	FNP	61.31	16.93	10.00–116.00	61.00	51.00–72.00
	Usual care	58.37	18.62	9.00–113.00	57.00	46.50–71.00
Child
Observational data	MLU
	Full sample	1.22	0.54	0.00–3.56	1.19	1.00–1.50
	FNP	1.24	0.53	0.00–3.56	1.20	1.00–1.50
	Usual care	1.20	0.56	0.00–3.08	1.19	1.00–1.50
	Upper bound MLU
	Full sample	2.30	1.66	0.00–10.00	2.00	1.00–3.00
	FNP	2.32	1.73	0.00–10.00	2.00	1.00–3.00
	Usual care	2.29	1.60	0.00–9.00	2.00	1.00–3.00
	Tokens
	Full sample	14.49	14.69	0.00–142.00	11.00	3.00–21.00
	FNP	14.27	15.99	0.00–142.00	9.00	4.00–19.00
	Usual care	14.73	13.24	0.00–68.00	13.00	3.00–22.00
	Types
	Full sample	7.86	6.97	0.00–52.00	6.00	2.00–12.00
	FNP	7.72	7.15	0.00–52.00	6.00	3.00–11.00
	Usual care	7.99	6.80	0.00–33.00	7.00	2.00–7.00
Assessment Data	ELM⁺
	Full sample	60.77	31.85	0.00–99.00	65.00	32.50–95.00
	FNP	63.32	31.48	0.00–99.00	75.00	35.00–95.00
	Usual care	58.11	32.10	0.00–99.00	62.50	30.00–90.00
	ELM AE⁺
	Full sample	54.10	32.33	2.00–98.00	50.00	25.00–90.00
	FNP	57.07	31.85	2.00–98.00	60.00	30.00–90.00
	Usual care	51.02	32.62	2.00–98.00	50.00	20.00–80.00
	ELM AR⁺
	Full sample	65.86	29.17	2.00–98.00	75.00	45.00–90.00
	FNP	68.00	28.47	2.00–98.00	80.00	45.00–90.00
	Usual care	63.63	29.77	2.00–98.00	75.00	41.25–90.00

Full sample N = 476, ⁺n = 457. FNP n = 243, ⁺n = 233. Usual care n = 233, ⁺n = 224
SD standard deviation. IQR interquartile range. MLU mean length of utterance in morphemes. ELM Early Language Milestones Scale. ELM AE Early Language Milestones Auditory Expressive Subscale. ELM AR Early Language Milestones Auditory Receptive Subscale

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