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Table 5 Results of Generalized-Estimating-Equations (GEE) test to assess the interaction effects of time and group on the outcome of intervention on fathers’ support for breast feeding

From: Educating fathers to improve exclusive breastfeeding practices: a randomized controlled trial

Parameter Estimates

Parameter

B

Std. Error

95% Wald Confidence Interval

Hypothesis Test

Lower

Upper

Wald Chi-Square

df

P

(Intercept)

92.81

1.12

90.61

95.01

6823.20

1

<0.001

Intervention group

31.93

1.95

28.10

35.76

266.902

1

<0.001

control group

reference

.

.

.

.

.

.

After

22.15

3.13

16.01

28.29

49.95

1

<0.001

Before

reference

.

.

.

.

.

.

group* time

−37.72

3.58

−44.74

−30.70

110.95

1

<0.001

  1. Dependent Variable: Fathers’ support for breastfeeding
  2. Model: (Intercept), group, time, group * time