Primary and secondary outcomes at baseline and 12 and 24 months for intervention and control groups
Measure | Measurement time point | Control group Baseline n=401 12 months n=298 24 months n=298 | Intervention group Baseline n=361 12 months n=237 24 months n=233 | Primary analysis | Multiple imputation analysis (control group n=401; intervention group n=361) | ||
Adjusted* OR (95% CI)† | P value | Adjusted* OR (95% CI)† | P value | ||||
Primary outcome measure | |||||||
Families with primary outcome measure (having a working smoke alarm, storing poisons out of reach and having a stairgate or no stairs). | Baseline | 117 (29.3%) [2] | 112 (31.1%) [1] | 1.00 (0.67 to 1.51) | 0.98 | 0.96 (0.65 to 1.43) | 0.85 |
12 months | 170 (57.1%) [0] | 132 (56.4%) [3] | 0.98 (0.61 to 1.56) | 0.92 | 1.25 (0.79 to 1.96) | 0.34 | |
24 months | 144 (48.8%) [3] | 130 (55.8%) [0] | 1.58 (0.98 to 2.55) | 0.060 | 1.75 (1.12 to 2.73) | 0.014 | |
Working smoke alarm | Baseline | 375 (94.0%) [2] | 329 (91.4%) [1] | 0.85 (0.38 to 1.88) | 0.69 | 0.83 (0.40 to 1.74) | 0.63 |
12 months | 279 (93.6%) [0] | 215 (91.9%) [3] | 0.67 (0.28 to 1.57) | 0.35 | 0.88 (0.36 to 2.17) | 0.79 | |
24 months | 283 (95.9%) [3] | 218 (93.6%) [0] | 0.83 (0.28 to 2.46) | 0.73 | 1.20 (0.45 to 3.18) | 0.72 | |
Storing poisons out of reach | Baseline | 203 (51.0%) [3] | 201 (56.0%) [2] | 0.89 (0.60 to 1.30) | 0.53‡ | 0.86 (0.60 to 1.25) | 0.44 |
12 months | 190 (63.8%) [0] | 159 (68.0%) [3] | 1.13 (0.69 to 1.86) | 0.63 | 1.45 (0.88 to 2.41) | 0.15 | |
24 months | 198 (67.1%) [3] | 170 (73.3%) [1] | 1.81 (1.06 to 3.07) | 0.029 | 1.82 (1.13 to 2.93) | 0.015 | |
Has a stairgate or no stairs | Baseline | 210 (52.9%) [4] | 198 (55.0%) [1] | 1.37 (0.93 to 2.01) | 0.11 | 1.29 (0.90 to 1.87) | 0.17 |
12 months | 262 (87.9%) [0] | 202 (86.3%) [3] | 0.84 (0.40 to 1.76) | 0.65 | 1.13 (0.58 to 2.20) | 0.73 | |
24 months | 222 (75.3%) [3] | 177 (77.3%) [4] | 1.17 (0.66 to 2.11) | 0.59 | 1.38 (0.78 to 2.42) | 0.26 | |
Secondary outcome measures | |||||||
Supervised bathing | Baseline | 387 (98.7%) [9] | 351 (98.0%) [3] | 0.33 (0.06 to 2.01) | 0.23 | 0.63 (0.15 to 2.70) | 0.53 |
12 months | 278 (93.6%) [1] | 223 (94.9%) [2] | 1.18 (0.44 to 3.13) | 0.75 | 0.94 (0.39 to 2.34) | 0.91 | |
24 months | 266 (91.1%) [6] | 217 (96.0%) [7] | 1.85 (0.72 to 4.79) | 0.20 | 1.51 (0.66 to 3.47) | 0.33 | |
Using a fireguard or not having a home fire | 12 months | 233 (78.5%) [1] | 203 (87.1%) [4] | 3.04 (1.57 to 5.89) | 0.001 | 2.98 (1.61 to 5.53) | 0.001 |
24 months | 235 (80.2%) [5] | 192 (85.3%) [8] | 3.17 (1.63 to 6.16) | 0.001 | 3.06 (1.60 to 5.85) | 0.001 | |
Blind cords out of reach | 12 months | 244 (82.2%) [1] | 202 (86.3%) [3] | 1.03 (0.55 to 1.92) | 0.93 | 1.06 (0.59 to 1.93) | 0.84 |
24 months | 251 (86.0%) [6] | 201 (89.0%) [7] | 0.72 (0.36 to 1.44) | 0.35 | 0.76 (0.40 to 1.43) | 0.40 | |
Safety catches on any windows | 12 months | 159 (53.5%) [1] | 159 (68.0%) [3] | 1.29 (0.80 to 2.09) | 0.30 | 1.33 (0.84 to 2.13) | 0.21 |
24 months | 174 (59.2%) [4] | 148 (65.5%) [7] | 0.78 (0.48 to 1.27) | 0.32 | 0.76 (0.47 to 1.22) | 0.25 | |
Fire escape plan | 12 months | 184 (62.0%) [1] | 181 (76.7%) [1] | 1.78 (1.08 to 2.95) | 0.025 | 1.81 (1.10 to 2.94) | 0.020 |
24 months | 196 (67.1%) [6] | 174 (77.0%) [7] | 1.81 (1.06 to 3.08) | 0.030 | 1.72 (1.06 to 2.78) | 0.029 | |
Outdoor supervision | 24 months | 203 (73.0%) [20] | 169 (79.9%) [21] | 1.30 (0.73 to 2.31) | 0.37 | 1.28 (0.76 to 2.14) | 0.35 |
Post hoc analysis: mean (± standard deviation) total number of home safety practices adopted and adjusted difference between means | |||||||
Total number of home safety practices adopted | Baseline (max 4) | 2.97±0.79 [51] | 3.01±0.83 [32] | 0.01 (−0.14 to 0.15) | 0.92 | 0.00 (-0.20 to 0.19) | 0.97‡ |
12 months (max 8) | 6.15±1.37 [36] | 6.62±1.21 [24] | 0.34 (0.06 to 0.63) | 0.019 | 0.39 (0.13 to 0.65) | 0.004 | |
24 months (max 9) | 6.92±1.44 [57] | 7.37±1.39 [34] | 0.46 (0.13 to 0.79) | 0.006 | 0.42 (0.12 to 0.71) | 0.005 |
[ ] denotes missing values.
*The model controlled for: number of siblings under the age of 16 years; maternal age at the time of birth of the first child; the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) of the home postcode, whether the family lived in a single-adult household; the corresponding baseline variable (where collected) for each outcome; and the matched wards factor.
†The control group was the reference group.
‡Model did not converge. ‘Matched wards’ factor removed, and the model converged.