Table 2 Comparison of the mean score of FHC in the two groups of intervention and control before the intervention, immediately after the intervention, and 2 months after the educational intervention in female students

FHC-NU

experimental

27.85 ± 10.38

39.14 ± 9.47

32.58 ± 11.71

>  0.001

control

28.40 ± 9.45

29.50 ± 10.19

28.27 ± 11.23

0.614

P-Value٭

0.876

>  0.001

0.005

Communication

experimental

7.37 ± 4.38

10.50 ± 4.31

8.73 ± 4.19

>  0.001

control

7.34 ± 4.33

7.75 ± 4.23

7.50 ± 4.10

0.759

P-Value٭

0.774

>  0.001

0.027

Value

experimental

6.61 ± 3.23

10.56 ± 2.36

8.58 ± 2.96

>  0.001

control

6.67 ± 3.60

7.43 ± 3.59

6.96 ± 3.60

0.190

P-Value٭

0.841

>  0.001

>  0.001

Cohesion

experimental

10.57 ± 4.02

12.99 ± 3.43

10.69 ± 4.24

>  0.001

control

10.86 ± 3.71

10.90 ± 4.39

9.86 ± 4.14

0.122

P-Value٭

0.881

>  0.001

0.133

Consensus

experimental

3.30 ± 2.81

5.18 ± 2.89

4.58 ± 2.46

>  0.001

control

3.47 ± 2.97

3.49 ± 2.70

3.95 ± 2.30

0.151

P-Value٭

0.734

>  0.001

0.046

FHC-PA

experimental

18.09 ± 11.14

27.37 ± 11.02

22.00 ± 9.65

>  0.001

control

18.98 ± 11.66

20.43 ± 11.12

19.52 ± 9.58

0.802

P-Value٭

0.527

>  0.001

0.052

Information

experimental

4.08 ± 4.18

6.88 ± 4.35

5.43 ± 3.54

>  0.001

control

4.62 ± 4.29

5.27 ± 3.92

4.83 ± 3.08

0.378

P-Value٭

0.477

0.008

0.176

Cohesion

experimental

7.38 ± 5.24

11.79 ± 3.59

8.98 ± 4.44

>  0.001

control

8.00 ± 4.79

8.36 ± 4.45

7.97 ± 4.52

0.736

P-Value٭

0.227

>  0.001

0.053

Value

experimental

7.21 ± 5.10

11.35 ± 3.75

9.57 ± 4.21

>  0.001

control

7.07 ± 4.92

8.62 ± 4.49

8.31 ± 4.38

0.158

P-Value٭

0.812

>  0.001

0.028