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Table 2 Counts of park visitors observed in the play-scape area at the intervention park and playground at the control park at the three time-points

From: The REVAMP natural experiment study: the impact of a play-scape installation on park visitation and park-based physical activity

 

Intervention Park

Control Park

T1

n (%)

T2

n (%)

T3

n (%)

T1

n (%)

T2

n (%)

T3

n (%)

Total visitor counts

132

1112

1016

448

460

390

Average hourly counts (Mean ± Std Err)

1.8 ± 0.4

14.6 ± 2.3

13.4 ± 2.2

6.1 ± 0.9

6.1 ± 1.0

5.1 ± 0.7

Sex

 Female

74 (56.1)

591 (53.1)

569 (56.0)

232 (51.8)

237 (51.5)

197 (50.5)

 Male

58 (43.9)

521 (46.9)

447 (44.0)

216 (48.2)

223 (48.5)

193 (49.5)

Age (years)

 Child (1–12)

15 (11.4)

524 (47.1)

441 (43.4)

275 (61.4)

291 (63.3)

245 (62.8)

 Teen (13–20)

0 (0)

45 (4.0)

53 (5.2)

11 (2.5)

17 (3.7)

10 (2.6)

 Adult (21–59)

37 (28.0)

426 (38.3)

428 (42.1)

116 (25.9)

143 (31.1)

134 (34.4)

 Older adult (60+)

80 (60.6)

117 (10.5)

94 (9.3)

46 (10.3)

9 (2.0)

1 (0.3)

Day of week

 Weekdays

5 (3.8)

160 (14.4)

181 (17.8)

66 (14.7)

76 (16.5)

72 (18.5)

 Weekend days

127 (96.2)

952 (85.6)

835 (82.2)

382 (85.3)

384 (83.5)

318 (81.5)

Activity levels

 Lying down/sitting

11 (8.3)

280 (25.2)

318 (31.3)

24 (5.4)

52 (11.3)

60 (15.4)

 Standing

42 (31.8)

439 (39.5)

361 (35.5)

90 (20.1)

181 (39.3)

172 (44.1)

 Moderate

76 (57.6)

343 (30.8)

287 (28.2)

247 (55.1)

166 (36.1)

95 (24.4)

 Vigorous

3 (2.3)

50 (4.5)

50 (4.9)

87 (19.4)

61 (13.3)

63 (16.2)

 MVPA

79 (59.8)

393 (35.3)

337 (33.2)

334 (74.5)

227 (49.3)

158 (40.5)

  1. The number of hourly observations windows was 76 at T2 and T3, but only 73 at T1 due to missing data
  2. MVPA moderate- vigorous-intensity physical activity