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Table 4 Descriptive statistics for outcomes at baseline across children’s age groups, gender and sample attrition

From: Can a parental sleep intervention in an individual setting improve the maternal and paternal sense of competence and parent–child interaction in parents of young sleep-disturbed children? findings from a single-arm pilot intervention study

 

Children’s age at baseline (T1) in months

Children’s gender

Attrition

 

6–11

12–23

24–35

36–48

Female

Male

Dropout

Non-dropout

 

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

n

Mdn

(Q1–Q3)

Parental sense of competence

Mothers

16

76.00

(65.75–79.75)

22

66.50

(61.50–75.75)

10

63.50

(60.25–75.75)

4

67.88

(53.50–70.44)

24

68.38 (64.25–73.25)

29

68.00 (60.50–79.50)

20

70.00 (62.75–77.25)

36

67.50

(61.25–78.00)

Fathers

15

74.67

(66.00–84.00)

19

69.00

(64.00–78.00)

9

78.00

(70.00–82.00)

4

76.50

(60.25–78.50)

22

67.50 (64.00–77.25)

26

76.00 (66.00–80.00)

18

75.00 (67.75–81.75)

33

73.00

(64.00–78.50)

Dysfunctional parent–child interaction

Mothers

16

15.00

(13.25–18.00)

22

16.68

(14.00–19.25)

10

17.00

(16.00–21.75)

5

20.00

(16.00–31.00)

25

17.00 (14.00–18.50)

29

16.36 (15.00–20.00)

20

16.00 (14.25–18.00)

37

18.00

(14.00–20.50)

Fathers

14

15.00

(13.75–18.25)

19

15.00

(14.00–17.00)

9

16.00

(14.00–18.00)

4

14.50

(12.50–24.75)

22

15.00 (14.00–19.75)

25

15.00 (14.00–16.50)

18

15.00 (14.00–16.25)

32

15.00

(14.00–18.75)

  1. Notes: “Dropout” refers to participants who dropped out after T1. “Non-dropout” refers to participants who completed at least T1 and one additional measurement point. Due to the small sample size and partly non-normal distribution, the outcomes were tests with Kruskal-Wallis (children’s age) and Mann-Whitney U tests. For the differences between children’s age and gender, only parents with one child in the study were analyzed. Therefore, three parent pairs were excluded from these analyses because they had two siblings in the study. There were no significant differences in the outcome variables (p > 0.05). Normative values are: for maternal sense of competence, 59–77; for paternal sense of competence, 65–83; for parent–child dysfunctional interaction, 15–33. Abbreviations: Mdn, median; Q1, 25th percentile; Q3, 75th percentile