Effect of counselling on the family function of intimate partner violence victims attending antenatal clinic in a tertiary hospital in North Central Nigeria

Figures & data

Table 1: Sociodemographic characteristics of respondents

Variables	Study group			Chi-square	p-value
	Total freq. (%)	Control (n = 36) Freq. (%)	Intervention (n = 36) Freq. (%)
Age group (years):
20–34	62 (86.1)	28 (77.8)	34 (94.4)	4.123	0.085
≥ 35	10 (139)	8 (22.2)	2 (5.6)
Educational status
No formal education	3 (4.2)	3 (8.3)	0 (0)	6.483	0.070
Primary	8 (11.1)	4 (11.1)	4 (11.1)
Secondary	18 (25.0)	12 (33.3)	6 (16.7)
Tertiary	43 (59.7)	17 (47.2)	26 (72.2)
Marital status:
Single	2 (2.8)	2 (5.6)	0 (0.0)	2.577	0.493
Married	69 (95.8)	34 (94.4)	35 (97.2)
Others	1 (1.4)	0 (0.0)	1 (2.8)
Marriage type:
Monogamous	65 (90.3)	33 (91.7)	32 (88.9)	0.158	1.000
Polygamous	7 (9.7)	3 (8.3)	4 (11.1)
Religion:
Christianity	58 (80.6)	30 (83.3)	28 (77.8)	0.355	0.767
Islam	14 (19.4)	6 (16.7)	8 (22.2)
Occupation:
Unskilled	41 (56.9)	22 (61.1)	19 (52.8)	7.806	0.109
Semi-skilled	16 (22.2)	11 (30.6)	5 (13.9)
Skilled	15 (20.8)	3 (8.3)	12 (33.3)

Table 2: Baseline mean family function scores of participants across study groups

Dimension of family function	Control (n = 36) Mean (SD)	Intervention (n = 36) Mean (SD)	t-test	p-value
FS	2.64 (0.68)	3.26 (1.07)	1.405	0.164
FD	2.64 (0.67)	3.41 (1.00)	0.206	0.838
FC	3.19 (0.85)	3.58 (0.86)	0.247	0.806
SCORE-15	2.42 (0.66)	2.92 (0.93)	0.772	0.443

Key: FF = family function, FC = family communication, FS = family strength, FD = family difficulty, SCORE-15 = Systemic Clinical Outcome and Routine Evaluation 15.

Table 3: Comparison of baseline and post-intervention mean family function scores of control group

Dimension of family function	Baseline FF	End of study FF	Paired t-test	p-value
FC	3.23 (0.87)	2.80 (0.97)	2.356	0.24
FS	2.71 (0.75)	2.66 (0.98)	0.283	0.779
FD	2.72 (0.78)	2.52 (0.78)	1.271	0.212
SCORE-15	2.48 (0.73)	2.29 (0.82)	1.614	0.116

Table 4: Dimension of family function (SCORE-15) of study participants who received counselling

Dimension of family function	Baseline FF	End of study FF	Paired t-test	p-value
FC	3.58 (0.86)	2.87 (0.93)	5.002	0.0001
FS	3.26 (1.07)	2.33 (0.91)	5.346	0.0001
FD	3.41 (1.01)	2.48 (0.93)	4.082	0.0001
SCORE-15	2.92 (0.92)	2.16 (0.63)	5.068	0.0001