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Table 1 Illustration of the flow of trial

From: Impact of scheduling multiple outdoor free-play periods in childcare on child moderate-to-vigorous physical activity: a cluster randomised trial

3 weeks

5–7 days

3 months

5–7 days

Recruitment

-Services (verbal)

-Parent (informed consent)

-Child (verbal)

Baseline data collection

NS Interviews

In-care & out of care accelerometry

EPAO

Parent CATI

After randomisation, intervention services – 3 outdoor free-play periods; control services – maintain 1 continuous free-play period

Follow-up data collection

In-care & out of care accelerometry

EPAO