The role of a community conversation intervention in reducing stigma related to lower limb lymphoedema in Northern Ethiopia

Table 3 Knowledge, stigmatizing attitudes and perceived social distance among community respondents present at both time points

Present both time points	Direction	Time point	Intervention site			Control sites			Total
Present both time points	Direction	Time point	n	mean	sd	n	mean	sd	n	mean	sd
Knowledge about causes of lymphoedema	Higher better	Baseline	218	7.2	1.7	541	7.2	1.9	759	7.2	1.8
Knowledge about causes of lymphoedema	Higher better	Follow-up	218	7.8	1.7	541	8.0	1.6	759	8.0	1.6
Stigmatizing attitudes	Lower better	Baseline	218	3.3	1.8	541	2.9	1.8	759	2.9	1.8
Stigmatizing attitudes	Lower better	Follow-up	218	2.3	1.6	541	2.1	1.5	759	2.1	1.6
Social distance	Lower better	Baseline	218	17.9	6.6	541	18.1	6.0	759	18.1	6.2
Social distance	Lower better	Follow-up	218	17.1	5.2	541	16.8	5.0	759	16.9	5.1
Present baseline only
Knowledge about causes of lymphoedema	Higher better	Baseline	167	7.2	1.7	285	7.2	1.7	452	7.4	1.7
Stigmatizing attitudes	Lower better	Baseline	167	3.2	1.8	285	3.2	1.9	452	3.2	1.9
Social distance	Lower better	Baseline	167	17.2	6.8	285	18.8	5.9	452	18.2	5.9
Present endline only
Knowledge about causes of lymphoedema	Higher better	endline	169	7.7	1.8	279	8.0	1.6	448	7.9	1.7
Stigmatizing attitudes	Lower better	endline	169	2.2	1.6	279	2.5	1.6	448	2.4	1.6
Social distance	Lower better	endline	169	17.0	5.1	279	16.9	5.2	448	16.9	5.2

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