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

Table 4 Perceived social support, experienced stigma and internalized stigma among patient cohorts at each time point

Variables	Direction	Time point	Intervention site			Control sites			Total
Variables	Direction	Time point	n	Mean/ median	SD/IQR	n	Mean/median	SD/IQR	n	Mean/median	SD/IQR
Perceived social support	Higher better	Baseline	68	6.6	2.3	221	7.1	2.6	289	7.0	2.5
Perceived social support	Higher better	Follow-up	63	6.8	2.4	192	7.0	2.4	255	6.9	2.4
Experienced stigma ^a	Lower better	Baseline	68	0.63	0.72	221	0.52	0.46	289	0.54	0.51
Experienced stigma ^a	Lower better	Follow-up	68	0.38	0.44	192	0.28	0.24	255	0.30	0.26
Internalized stigma	Lower better	Baseline	68	28.0	5.3	221	26.7	5.8	289	27.0	5.7
Internalized stigma	Lower better	Follow-up	63	24.9	5.9	192	22.8	4.8	255	23.4	5.2

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