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Table 3 Effectiveness of SWAP IT: Between group differences in mean total lunchbox energy, energy from recommended foods and percentage energy from recommended foods

From: A randomized controlled trial to assess the potential efficacy, feasibility and acceptability of an m-health intervention targeting parents of school aged children to improve the nutritional quality of foods packed in the lunchbox ‘SWAP IT’

Outcome

Intervention

Control

Imputed relative difference between groups at follow upa

Mean (CI)

P value

Complete case relative difference between groups at follow upa

Mean (CI)

P value

Baseline

Mean (SD)

(n = 443)

Follow-up

Mean (SD)

(n = 373

Baseline

Mean (SD)

(n = 583)

Follow-up

Mean (SD)

(n = 487)

Mean total lunchbox energy (kJ)

2691.85 (863.78)

2727.94 (920.14)

2704.60 (959.03)

2812.71 (959.03)

−131.61

[− 317.26–54.05]

0.16

− 133.32

[− 345.31–78.68]

0.19

Mean total lunchbox energy from recommended foods (kJ)

1578.62 (622.36)

1624.73 (568.76)

1607.40 (603.92)

1569.93 (591.01)

83.13

[2.65–163.61]

0.04

84.55

[−2.48–171.58]

0.06

Percentage of lunchbox energy from recommended foods

62.14 (24.09)

63.73 (23.89)

62.42 (24.24)

60.00 (23.91)

4.86

[−0.22–9.95]

0.06

5.50

[−0.28–11.29]

0.06

  1. aThe figures presented have been adjusted for baseline results