Table 1 Participant characteristics.

From: Fathers’ sensitive parenting enhanced by prenatal video-feedback: a randomized controlled trial using ultrasound imaging

Measure

VIPP-PRE

Control

t/χ2b

Mean (SD)a

n = 39

n = 34

 

Demographics

 Age father

32.57 (2.87)

32.66 (3.71)

−0.12

 Education father

8.56 (1.48)

9.06 (1.37)

−1.47

 Race father (% Caucasian)

93

97

−0.79

 Age mother

30.05 (3.33)

30.95 (3.64)

−1.11

 Gestational age infant at pretest (weeks)

24.91 (2.78)

25.00 (2.89)

−0.13

 Age infant at posttest (weeks)

11.07 (4.77)

9.72 (2.41)

1.50

 Infant sex (% boys)

38

38

0.00

Health-related variables

 Pregnancy complications (% yes)

35

56

−2.91

 Birth complications (% yes)

41

47

−0.24

 Infant health

−0.11 (0.70)

0.08 (0.79)

−1.02

 Depressive symptoms father

5.03 (3.41)

5.12 (3.13)

−0.12

Outcome variables at pretest

 Sensitivity

5.34 (1.78)

6.11 (1.80)

−1.83

 Involvement

0.42 (0.17)

0.40 (0.15)

0.42

Outcome variables at posttest

 Sensitivity

5.94 (1.56)

5.56 (1.57)

1.03

 Involvement

0.81 (0.12)

0.76 (0.18)

1.42

  1. Descriptives are calculated on the non-imputed data.
  2. aUnless indicated otherwise.
  3. bχ2 tests and t-test were performed to test whether there were pretest group differences between fathers in the VIPP-PRE and control conditions. No significant group differences were found.