Table 5 T paired test for KIDSLIFE initial and final data collected.

From: Effectiveness of 3D printed custom assistive devices in the school environment

Initial evaluation

Final evaluation

Statistic (W- Wilcoxon Text)

P

Effect size (Rank Biserial Correlation Test)

Items

Average

Items

Average

IN. INSOC

2.711

FN. INSOC

3.125

1.00

0.013

– 0.956

IN. AUTOD

2.853

FN. AUTOD

3.007

5.50

0.050

– 0.756

IN. BIENE

3.390

FN. BIENE

3.604

3.00

0.042

– 0.833

IN. BIENF

3.505

FN. BIENF

3.779

8.50

0.109

– 0.622

IN. BIENM

3.489

FN. BIENM

3.660

8.00

0.053

– 0.709

IN. DEREC

3.573

FN. DEREC

3.725

1.00

0.021

– 0.944

IN. DESPE

3.312

FN. DESPE

3.444

16.00

0.262

– 0.418

IN. RELIN

3.457

FN. RELIN

3.576

12.00

0.235

– 0.467

  1. initial (IN), final (FN), social inclusion (INSOC), Self-Determination (AUTOD), emotional Well-Being (BIENE), physical Well-Being (BIENF), material Well-Being (BIENM), rights (DEREC), personal development (DESPE) and interpersonal relationships (RELIN). Functioning, derived from its measures of competence, adaptability and self-esteem in the PIADS questionnaire, was positively impacted (Table 6). Given that the PIADS one shot character, only descriptive analysis could be conducted on these results which indicated a strong average improvement in competence (1.89) and adaptability (1.92) with a milder improvement in self-esteem (1.60). Plotting all descriptive data into a correlation matrix reveals a strong relationship between adaptability and competence of 0.872 (p < .001) (Table 7). Considering that a change in competence May directly improve adaptability both sets of data are analyzed via a linear regression, which yields an R2 of 0.603, confirming that 60.3% of the change in adaptability can be explained by the change in competence (Table 8).
  2. Ha µ Average 1 - Average 2 ≠ 0.