Table 3 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 mothers

FHC-NU

experimental

25.72 ± 8.43

41.02 ± 7.27

34.69 ± 11.71

>  0.001

control

25.78 ± 9.04

28.91 ± 12.32

26.44 ± 12.84

0.120

P-Value٭

0.961

>  0.001

>  0.001

Communication

experimental

6.64 ± 3.70

12.34 ± 2.56

9.92 ± 3.85

>  0.001

control

6.88 ± 3.74

7.92 ± 4.25

7.13 ± 3.98

0.126

P-Value٭

0.817

>  0.001

>  0.001

Value

experimental

6.62 ± 2.38

9.82 ± 2.33

8.54 ± 2.69

>  0.001

control

6.79 ± 2.61

7.51 ± 3.60

6.80 ± 3.54

0.142

P-Value٭

0.628

>  0.001

>  0.001

Cohesion

experimental

8.63 ± 3.55

12.84 ± 2.67

11.01 ± 3.50

>  0.001

control

8.46 ± 3.77

9.29 ± 4.40

8.22 ± 4.73

0.213

P-Value٭

0.724

>  0.001

>  0.001

Consensus

experimental

3.83 ± 2.52

6.02 ± 2.25

5.22 ± 2.33

>  0.001

control

3.65 ± 2.43

4.19 ± 2.43

4.29 ± 2.50

0.153

P-Value٭

0.884

>  0.001

0.029

FHC-PA

experimental

19.51 ± 8.96

27.01 ± 6.66

22.47 ± 8.50

>  0.001

control

19.62 ± 8.86

22.36 ± 8.69

21.36 ± 8.95

0. 229

P-Value٭

0.924

>  0.001

0.344

Information

experimental

4.31 ± 3.39

6.72 ± 2.82

4.68 ± 3.07

>  0.001

control

4.86 ± 3.45

5.56 ± 3.34

5.58 ± 3.09

0.297

P-Value٭

0.812

0.009

0.052

Cohesion

experimental

7.67 ± 3.91

10.17 ± 4.45

8.22 ± 4.44

>  0.001

control

7.47 ± 3.85

8.20 ± 4.75

7.47 ± 4.52

0.575

P-Value٭

0.727

>  0.001

0.197

Value

experimental

7.53 ± 4.12

10.11 ± 2.87

9.57 ± 4.21

>  0.001

control

7.29 ± 4.05

8.60 ± 3.82

8.31 ± 4.38

0.060

P-Value٭

0.689

0.002

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