Table 4

Comparison of the intervention and control groups at T0 and at T1

One-way ANOVA for the four scales

Intervention

Control

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

df

F

p-value

Scale one T0

19.000 (4.348)

17.647 (2.914)

48

1.323

0.256

Scale one T1

20.156 (3.602)

17.765 (3.501)

48

4.980

0.030*

Scale two T0

7.625 (1.548)

7.714 (1.541)

42

0.066

0.798

Scale two T1

8.037 (1.018)

7.643 (1.277)

42

0.446

0.508

Scale three T0

11.13 (2.581)

10.833 (1.992)

37

0.196

0.661

Scale three T1

9.783 (2.696)

9.417 (2.811)

40

0.116

0.735

Scale four T0

21.371 (3.398)

18.538 (3.356)

41

6.953

0.012

Scale four T1

21.296 (3.801)

19.461 (2.846)

42

1.568

0.218

Scale one. Attitude towards culturally appropriate care (5 = not at all important, 25 = extremely important)

Scale two. Experienced barriers towards culturally appropriate healthcare in general (4 = never barriers, 16 = always barriers)

Scale three. Experienced barriers towards culturally appropriate cardiovascular care and education (4 = no barriers, 16 = big barriers)

Scale four. Self-reported actions in delivering culturally appropriate care (7 = no actions, 28 = always actions)

*After correction for variable 'scale four T0' on confounding effects for the relationship between the intervention and variable 'scale one T1', a significant (p = 0.013) effect remains for the intervention on 'scale one T1'

Beune et al. Implementation Science 2010 5:35   doi:10.1186/1748-5908-5-35