International Breastfeeding Journal

Table 8 Analysis of variance assessing the K-S scale

From: Efficacy of a breastfeeding support education program for nurses and midwives: a randomized controlled trial

			SS	df	MS	F	P
K-S Test Score ^b	Within-group factor	Time Time×Program	17252.500 10548.611	1.597 1.597	10805.420 6606.705	126.682 77.456	0.01 0.01
	*MSe*		7898.889	92.606	85.296
	Between-group factor	Program	20373.472	1	20373.472	78.566	0.01
	*MSe*		15040.278	58	259.315
≤ 5 years ^a	Within-group factor	Time Time×Program	5099.008 3918.306	2 2	2549.504 1959.153	39.088 30.037	0.01 0.01
	*MSe*		2217.659	34	65.225
	Between-group factor	Program	5358.025	1	5358.025	33.145	0.01
	*MSe*		1748.115	17	161.654
≥ 6 years ^b	Within-group factor	Time Time×Program	11278.430 6250.787	1.448 1.448	7791.126 4318.036	79.650 44.144	0.01 0.01
	*MSe*		5522.383	56.456	97.817
	Between-group factor	Program	15078.828	1	15078.828	49.260	0.01
	*MSe*		11938.245	39	306.109

SBS Self-efficacy of breastfeeding support, SS Social skills in nursing interactions with mothers, K-S Knowledge and skills necessary for breastfeeding support for LPIs, 5 or fewer years 5 or fewer years of maternity-ward experience, 6 or more years 6 or more years of maternity-ward experience, SS Sum of Squares, df degrees of freedom, MS Mean squares, F ANOVA test statistic, p p-value
^a Analysis of variance with Assumption of sphericity
^b Analysis of variance with Greenhouse‒Geisser

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