The Effect of HIV/AIDS Education on Adolescents in Trinidad and Tobago

Table 3

Comparison of pre and post-test values of study variables within intervention and comparison groups.

	Intervention				Comparison
	𝑛	Pretest; 𝑥 (SD)	Posttest; 𝑥 (SD)	𝑃 value	𝑛	Pretest; 𝑥 (SD)	Posttest; 𝑥 (SD)	𝑃 value
Knowledge %	90	67.3 (15.1)	75.8 (14.1)	<.001	103	75.8 (14.72)	83.01 (11.36)	<.001
Susceptibility	92	1.86 (0.72)	3.32 (0.68)	<.001	104	1.62 (0.61)	3.33 (0.54)	<.001
Seriousness	91	3.24 (0.72)	3.36 (0.65)	.146	104	3.49 (0.50)	3.54 (0.48)	.400
Self-efficacy (condom use)	92	3.65 (1.11)	3.59 (1.22)	<.001	104	4.01 (0.88)	4.09 (0.98)	<.001
Self-efficacy	91	3.58 (0.57)	3.54 (0.58)	.493	104	3.74 (0.39)	3.64 (0.52)	.064
Abstinence attitude	92	3.73 (0.73)	3.98 (0.68)	<.001	104	3.90 (0.79)	3.95 (0.88)	.372
Precursors to sexual activity	86	2.0 (1.61)	2.13 (1.43)	.251	93	2.59 (1.58)	2.84 (1.51)	.15
Intention to delay sexual activity	89	1.34 (0.45)	1.33 (0.47)	.857	100	1.32 (0.44)	1.15 (0.50)	<.001
Combined family communication	92	3.22 (0.67)	3.22 (0.66)	.962	104	3.12 (0.64)	3.11 (0.76)	.851