Skip to main content

Table 5 Time and interaction effects for sedentary behaviour outcomes in preschoolers from low, medium and high SES kindergartens (adjusted for age and gender)

From: The effect of a cluster randomised control trial on objectively measured sedentary time and parental reports of time spent in sedentary activities in Belgian preschoolers: the ToyBox-study

 

Outcomes

 

Mean difference (follow-up - baseline)

Time

Time* Condition

β (SE)

95 % CI

β (SE)

95 % CI

p-value

LOW SES KINDERGARTENSa

Accelerometer

SB weekday

I

−0.04 %

−0.04 (0.69)

−1.40 to 1.32

0.00 (0.92)

−1.80 to 1.80

0.99

  

C

−0.04 %

 

SB weekend day

I

−1.51 %

−1.50 (1.07)

−3.59 to 0.60

-0.01 (1.42)

−2.79 to 2.77

0.99

  

C

−1.50 %

 

Total SB

I

−0.47 %

−0.08 (0.62)

−1.31 to 1.14

-0.39 (0.83)

−2.01 to 1.23

0.64

  

C

−0.08 %

 

SB school hours

I

−0.28 %

0.06 (0.85)

−1.61 to 1.72

−0.34 (1.13)

−2.55 to 1.88

0.77

  

C

−0.06 %

 

SB after school hours

I

−2.07 %

−3.01 (1.12)**

−5.20 to -0.81

0.94 (1.48)

−1.97 to 3.84

0.53

  

C

−3.01 %

Questionnaire

TV week

I

+0.63 min/day

2.24 (2.05)

−1.77 to 6.25

1.61 (2.83)

−7.16 to 3.94

0.57

  

C

+2.24 min/day

 

TV weekend

I

−3.55 min/day

−4.38 (3.78)

−11.79 to 3.03

0.83 (5.24)

−9.44 to 11.10

0.87

  

C

−4.38 min/day

 

PC week

I

+4.01 min/day

5.83 (1.32)***

3.25 to 8.41

−1.81 (1.82)

−5.38 to 1.76

0.32

  

C

+5.83 min/day

 

PC weekend

I

+6.06 min/day

12.49 (2.14)***

8.29 to 16.69

−6.43 (2.98)*

−12.27 to -0.59

0.03

  

C

+12.49 min/day

 

Quiet play week

I

−2.76 min/day

−4.39 (3.24)

−10.74 to 1.95

1.64 (4.50)

−7.18 to 10.45

0.72

  

C

−4.39 min/day

 

Quiet play weekend

I

−10.04 min/day

−6.65 (7.58)

−21.49 to 8.20

−3.39 (10.51)

−23.98 to 17.20

0.75

  

C

−6.65 min/day

MEDIUM SES KINDERGARTENSb

Accelerometer

SB weekday

I

−0.01 %

0.24 (0.85)

−1.43 to 1.90

-0.25 (0.99)

−2.19 to 1.70

0.81

  

C

+0.24 %

 

SB weekend day

I

−0.33 %

-0.14 (1.52)

−3.11 to 2.84

-0.19 (1.78)

−3.68 to 3.29

0.91

  

C

+0.14 %

 

Total SB

I

+0.03 %

0.13 (0.83)

−1.50 to 1.76

-0.10 (0.97)

−2.01 to 1.81

0.92

  

C

+0.13 %

 

SB school hours

I

−1.30 %

-1.21 (1.01)

−3.19 to 0.78

-0.10 (1.19)

−2.42 to 2.23

0.94

  

C

−1.21 %

 

SB after school hours

I

+0.16 %

−0.12 (1.30)

−2.67 to 2.43

0.28 (1.52)

−2.71 to 3.26

0.86

  

C

−0.12 %

Questionnaire

TV week

I

+1.66 min/day

1.95 (3.49)

−4.89 to 8.78

−0.29 (4.25)

−8.61 to 8.04

0.94

  

C

+1.95 min/day

 

TV weekend

I

−0.98 min/day

7.79 (5.37)

−2.74 to 18.31

−8.76 (1.79)

−21.62 to 4.09

0.18

  

C

+7.79 min/day

 

PC week

I

+6.25 min/day

5.38 (2.74)*

0.01 to 10.75

0.86 (3.34)

−5.68 to 7.41

0.80

  

C

+5.38 min/day

 

PC weekend

I

+10.45 min/day

7.39 (3.47)*

0.58 to 14.19

3.07 (4.23)

−5.23 to 11.36

0.47

  

C

+7.38 min/day

 

Quiet play week

I

+3.08 min/day

−7.67 (4.50)

−16.49 to 1.15

10.75 (5.49)

−0.01 to 25.51

0.05

  

C

−7.67 min/day

 

Quiet play weekend

I

−0.51 min/day

−12.44 (7.93)

−27.98 to 3.09

11.93 (9.66)

−6.99 to 30.86

0.22

  

C

−12.44 min/day

HIGH SES KINDERGARTENSc

Accelerometer

SB weekday

I

−0.42 %

3.24 (1.61)*

0.08 to 6.40

−4.20 (1.93)*

−7.98 to -0.43

0.03

  

C

+3.24 %

 

SB weekend day

I

−1.54 %

−1.49 (1.35)

−4.13 to 1.15

−0.05 (1.61)

−3.21 to 3.11

0.98

  

C

−1.49 %

 

Total SB

I

−1.14 %

1.85 (1.40)

−0.89 to 4.60

−2.99 (1.68)

−6.28 to 0.30

0.08

  

C

+1.85 %

 

SB school hours

I

−2.00 %

0.48 (1.03)

−1.54 to 2.49

-2.48 (1.23)*

−4.88 to -0.07

0.04

  

C

+0.47 %

 

SB after school hours

I

−1.51 %

−0.06 (1.64)

−3.27 to 3.16

-1.45 (1.96)

−5.30 to 2.39

0.46

  

C

−0.06 %

Questionnaire

TV week

I

−2.25 min/day

−2.62 (3.06)

−8.62 to 3.38

0.37 (4.00)

−7.48 to 8.22

0.93

  

C

−2.62 min/day

 

TV weekend

I

−3.35 min/day

7.04 (4.50)

−1.79 to 15.87

−10.39 (5.88)

−21.92 to 1.14

0.08

  

C

+7.04 min/day

 

PC week

I

+4.07 min/day

6.19 (1.58)***

3.10 to 9.27

−2.11 (2.06)

−6.15 to 1.93

0.31

  

C

+6.19 min/day

 

PC weekend

I

+7.98 min/day

12.04 (2.47)***

7.20 to 16.87

−4.05 (3.23)

−10.39 to 2.28

0.21

  

C

+12.04 min/day

 

Quiet play week

I

−3.15 min/day

−1.98 (4.79)

−11.37 to 7.42

−1.18 (6.28)

−13.49 to 11.13

0.85

  

C

−1.98 min/day

 

Quiet play weekend

I

−18.28 min/day

−3.48 (8.10)

−19.35 to 12.39

−14.81 (10.57)

−35.52 to 5.91

0.16

  

C

−3.48 min/day

  1. SB Sedentary Behaviour, TV Television, PC Personal Computer, SE Standard Error, 95 % CI 95 % Confidence Interval, I Intervention group, C Control group, SES Socio-economic status
  2. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
  3. aaccelerometer: n = 341 (I = 190; C = 151); questionnaire: n = 678 (I = 338; C = 340)
  4. baccelerometer: n = 274 (I = 173; C = 101); questionnaire: n = 547 (I = 350; C = 197)
  5. caccelerometer: n = 244 (I = 166; C = 78); questionnaire: n = 490 (I = 273; C = 217)