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Table 4 Outcomes by group (adjusted for age, sex, and outdoor free-play duration at follow-up)

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

 

Intervention

Control

Intervention-Control (complete case)

Multiple imputation (missing data at both time points)

Baseline N = 161

Follow-up N = 135

Baseline N = 217

Follow-up N = 222

Adjusted difference between groups (95% CI)

p-value

Adjusted difference between groups (95% CI)

p-value

Primary outcome

 Mean daily minutes of physical activity in care (sd.)

  MVPA (ICC-0.09)

58.53 (21.19)

58.70 (20.10)

51.72 (17.39)

52.21 (16.81)

6.11 (0.54– 11.68)

0.04

5.21 (0.59–9.83)

0.03

Secondary outcomes

 Mean daily minutes of physical activity in care (sd.)

  Vigorous PA

23.54 (11.01)

23.06 (10.34)

19.80 (8.50)

19.82 (8.38)

2.59 (−0.91–6.09)

0.13

2.09 (−0.56–4.75)

0.12

  Moderate PA

34.98 (11.35)

35.64 (11.37)

31.92 (9.67)

32.40 (9.42)

3.52 (1.19–5.86)

< 0.01

3.12 (0.91–5.33)

< 0.01

  Light PA

54.96 (14.17)

55.86 (13.37)

53.27 (11.55)

54.41 (11.70)

2.70 (−2.61–8.01)

0.27

2.44 (−1.56–6.45)

0.23

  Total PA

113.49 (32.19)

114.56 (30.88)

104.99 (26.77)

106.63 (26.09)

8.94 (−1.43–19.31)

0.08

7.75 (−0.38–15.88)

0.06

 Counts per minute in care per day (total child PA in care) (sd.)

  Counts per minute (ICC – 0.10)

196.81 (64.22)

197.06 (61.40)

176.50 (52.24)

178.67 (50.40)

16.95 (−4.63–38.52)

0.11

14.25 (−2.26–30.76)

0.09

 Percentage of wear time in care per day (%) (sd.)

  % MVPA (ICC −0.12)

17.56 (5.96)

17.51 (5.34)

15.27 (4.70)

15.10 (4.33)

1.78 (0.72–2.83)

< 0.01

1.57 (0.64–2.49)

< 0.001

  1. ICC intra-cluster correlation
  2. p-value < 0.05 is considered significant added