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Table 3 Impact of the Nourish and Engage Interventions on Strengths and Difficulties (SDQ) and KIDSCREEN-10 Rasch Parameter Estimates and International T-Values (All age groups)

From: Food environment intervention improves food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits in primary school children: Project Daire, a randomised-controlled, factorial design cluster trial

  Nourish No Nourish Engage No Engage
Emotional Problems (SDQ)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 279 254 322 211
 Baseline Mean (SD) 2.05 (2.54) 2.08 (2.58) 2.18 (2.67) 1.90 (2.36)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 1.67 (2.27) 1.97 (2.50) 2.01 (2.52) 1.51 (2.12)
 Adjusted diff. in mean (95% CI) −0.29 (− 0.65–0.07) Reference 0.33 (− 0.00–0.65) Reference
 P-value 0.10 0.05
Conduct Problems Scale (SDQ)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 278 255 319 214
 Baseline Mean (SD) 1.15 (1.96) 1.19 (1.99) 1.17 (1.99) 1.16 (1.96)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 1.02 (1.77) 1.23 (1.95) 1.06 (1.82) 1.22 (1.91)
 Adjusted diff. in mean (95% CI) −0.19 (−0.37- -0.01) Reference −0.15 (− 0.32–0.02) Reference
 P-value 0.04 0.08
Hyperactivity Scale (SDQ)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 281 260 325 216
 Baseline Mean (SD) 3.32 (1.96) 3.09 (3.14) 3.14 (1.98) 3.31 (3.26)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 3.11 (3.12) 3.02 (3.12) 2.92 (3.09) 3.29 (3.15)
 Adjusted diff. in mean (95% CI) −0.08 (−0.33–0.17) Reference −0.23 (− 0.48–0.02) Reference
 P-value 0.48 0.07
Peer Problems Scale (SDQ)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 279 256 325 210
 Baseline Mean (SD) 1.29 (1.75) 1.29 (1.64) 1.32 (1.63) 1.23 (1.79)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 1.03 (1.59) 1.25 (1.77) 1.12 (1.72) 1.16 (1.62)
 Adjusted diff. in mean (95% CI) −0.21 (−0.46–0.04) Reference −0.11 (− 0.34–0.12) Reference
 P-value 0.09 0.33
ProSocial Scale (SDQ)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 278 255 320 213
 Baseline Mean (SD) 7.46 (2.65) 7.74 (2.50) 7.71 (2.68) 7.41 (2.41)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 7.59 (2.64) 7.88 (2.41) 7.82 (2.58) 7.59 (2.47)
 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI) −0.09 (−0.81–0.62) Reference 0.03 (−0.65–0.70) Reference
 P-value 0.77 0.93
Total Difficulties Score (SDQ)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 274 246 316 204
 Baseline Mean (SD) 7.82 (7.38) 7.65 (7.01) 7.81 (7.36) 7.64 (6.96)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 6.86 (6.65) 7.54 (6.94) 7.16 (6.96) 7.21 (6.55)
 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI) −0.82 (−1.46- -0.17) Reference −0.16 (− 0.76–0.44) Reference
 P-value 0.02 0.58
General Health Related Quality of Life Index Rasch Parameter Estimates (KIDSCREEN-10)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 402 381 222 172
 Baseline Mean (SD) 1.08 (1.07) 1.07 (1.09) 1.11 (1.11) 1.09 (1.07)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 1.36 (1.16) 1.25 (1.16) 1.37 (1.18) 1.42 (1.10)
 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI) 0.11 (−0.06–0.30) Reference −0.04 (− 0.21–0.14) Reference
 P-value 0.18 0.64
General Health Related Quality of Life Index International T Values (KIDSCREEN-10)
 N (baseline and follow-up responses) 402 381 222 172
 Baseline Mean (SD) 51.51 (11.25) 48.68 (10.52) 51.61 (11.48) 52.09 (10.69)
 Follow-up Mean (SD) 48.77 (10.37) 50.40 (11.26) 49.10 (10.76) 48.87 (10.37)
 Adjusted diff. in mean 95% CI) 1.12 (−0.61–2.85) Reference −0.37 (−2.06–1.32) Reference
 P-value 0.18 0.65
  1. P value < 0.05 indicative of significance; N Number; SD Standard Deviation. In factorial analysis, the 2 main effects (Nourish compared with no nourish, and Engage compared with no engage) are investigated
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