Education in mental health promotion and its impact on the participants' attitudes and perceived mental health

Table 2 Mean differences in Opinion about Mental Illness (OMI) scale scores between baseline (BL) and end of training (ET) assessments by levels of each independent variable (n = 78)

	Change criteria^a		F (df = 1.76)	P value^b
	Mean (SE)	Mean (SE)
Sex	Men	Women
OMI Factor A	-7.2 (3.1)	-3.4 (2.5)	1.50	0.225
OMI Factor B	-6.1 (2.7)	-3.9 (2.1)	1.43	0.236
OMI Factor C	-1.0 (0.8)	1.1 (0.7)	3.56	0.063
OMI Factor D	0.2 (0.1)	2.2 (0.8)	4.29	0.042
OMI Factor E	-2.0 (1.6)	-1.0 (0.9)	0.76	0.387
Age	≤ 39	≥ 40
OMI Factor A	-7.4 (2.7)	-2.2 (2.8)	0.54	0.464
OMI Factor B	-7.4 (2.3)	-1.9 (2.3)	0.78	0.381
OMI Factor C	-0.3 (0.7)	0.9 (0.8)	0.66	0.420
OMI Factor D	1.3 (0.8)	1.6 (0.9)	0.14	0.706
OMI Factor E	-2.1 (1.5)	-0.6 (0.6)	0.19	0.733
Type of education	Theoretical	Exact sciences
OMI Factor A	-5.8 (2.9)	-4.1 (2.6)	0.60	0.440
OMI Factor B	-4.6 (2.5)	-4.8 (2.2)	0.25	0.622
OMI Factor C	0.2 (0.8)	0.4 (0.7)	0.06	0.814
OMI Factor D	1.5 (0.9)	1.4 (0.8)	0.11	0.746
OMI Factor E	-1.1 (1.0)	-1.7 (1.3)	0.65	0.424
Previous MHP training experience	Yes	No
OMI Factor A	-2.8 (3.0)	-6.3 (2.5)	0.10	0.751
OMI Factor B	-1.6 (2.5)	-6.9 (2.1)	0.01	0.929
OMI Factor C	0.5 (0.8)	0.1 (0.7)	0.01	0.950
OMI Factor D	2.1 (0.9)	1.0 (0.78)	0.83	0.366
OMI Factor E	-0.4 (0.6)	-2.0 (1.3)	0.17	0.681
Marital status	Married	Unmarried
OMI Factor A	-3.0 (1.4)	-7.0 (3.9)	0.58	0.449
OMI Factor B	-2.2 (1.0)	-7.7 (3.3)	1.63	0.206
OMI Factor C	0.8 (0.6)	0.3 (0.9)	0.86	0.357
OMI Factor D	2.0 (0.6)	0.8 (1.1)	1.36	0.247
OMI Factor E	-0.7 (0.6)	-2.2 (1.6)	0.53	0.468
Years of education	≤ 17	≥ 18
OMI Factor A	-7.7 (2.7)	-2.0 (2.7)	2.11	0.151
OMI Factor B	-7.9 (2.3)	-1.6 (2.3)	2.04	0.158
OMI Factor C	0.1 (0.8)	0.7 (0.8)	0.54	0.463
OMI Factor D	-0.5 (0.8)	2.4 (0.8)	5.46	0.022
OMI Factor E	2.5 (1.5)	-0.2 (0.7)	1.95	0.167

^achange from BL to ET.
^bP value for interaction effect with time (analysis of multivariate analysis of covariance (MANCOVA)).

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