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Table 2 Changes in medical use and health status of children

From: Evaluation of the effectiveness of the standard traditional Korean medicine-based health promotion program for disadvantaged children in South Korea

 

Intervention group ( n = 115)

Control group ( n = 99)

Pre-survey

Post-survey

Difference1

p-value2

Pre-survey

Post-survey

Difference1

p-value2

Outpatient visits

0.84

0.83

-0.01

0.88

0.65

1.98

1.33

0.05

Absences

0.42

0.07

-0.35

0.02*

0.19

0.06

-0.13

0.17

Lateness/early leaves

0.10

0.09

-0.02

0.77

0.11

0.08

-0.03

0.60

Infectious symptoms

1.59

1.63

0.03

0.72

1.09

1.35

0.26

0.15

EQ-5D

0.96

0.94

-0.02

0.04*

0.97

0.96

0.00

0.80

EQ-VAS

86.74

90.01

3.27

0.02*

87.09

85.72

-1.38

0.28

  1. Abbreviations: EQ-5D EuroQol-5D, EQ-VAS EuroQol-visual analog scale
  2. *p < 0.05, statistically significant
  3. 1Difference = Post-survey – Pre-survey
  4. 2This column presents p-values of dependent t-tests for children who completed the pre- and post-surveys in the intervention and control groups, respectively