Table 2 Pre- and post-intervention characteristics (unadjusted raw data) of the children, educators, and centres
Intervention | Control | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pre | Post | Pre | Post | |
N: Children | 170 | 147 | 144 | 123 |
N: Boys | 93 | 80 | 87 | 73 |
N: Girls | 77 | 67 | 57 | 50 |
Age, years, mean (SD) | 4.3 (0.4) | 4.8 (0.4) | 4.3 (0.5) | 4.9 (0.4) |
BMI | 16.4 (1.6) | 16.4 (1.7) | 16.2 (1.3) | 16.1 (1.3) |
Centre attendance, days/wk | 3.6 (1.2) | 3.6 (1.1) | 3.3 (1.1) | 3.2 (1.1) |
Valid accelerometer days | 2.0 (0.9) | 2.2 (0.9) | 2.1 (0.8) | 2.3 (1.0) |
Accelerometer wear time, min/d | 406.3 (95.5) | 340.8 (59.8) | 414.7 (92.7) | 336.4 (93.4) |
Total PA, min/h | 17.51 (4.54) | 18.0 (4.6) | 18.3 (5.1) | 14.3 (5.6) |
MVPA, min/h | 9.2 (3.4) | 9.4 (3.5) | 9.6 (3.7) | 7.3 (3.7) |
N who received accelerometer | 151 | 137 | 132 | 118 |
N who returned valid data | 124 (83%) | 115 (84%) | 118 (89%) | 102 (86%) |
N: lead educators | 8 | 7 | ||
N: support educators | 10 | 12 | ||
Educator age, years (mean, SD) | 30.6 (12.2) | 29.8 (3.9) | ||
N: educators with Cert III, Early Child Ed | 5 | 4 | ||
N: educators with Dip Early Child Ed | 5 | 8 | ||
N: educators with (or studying) University degree | 8 | 7 | ||
Childcare centre SES, SEIFA mean decile rank (range) | 7.5 (3–10) | 7.3 (2–10) | ||
Childcare centre National Quality Rating, mean score (range) | 14.1 (9–18) | 13.8 (12–17) | ||