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Table 5 Changes in adjusted educator-reported effectiveness and implementation outcomes

From: Play Active physical activity policy intervention and implementation support in early childhood education and care: results from a pragmatic cluster randomised trial

 

Experimental group

Time

Experimental group by time interaction

ICC

Effectiveness outcomes

B (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

P-value*

B (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

P-value*

B (95% CI)

OR (95% CI)

P-value*

 

Meets policy recommendation of providing 180 + mins/day of physical activity in young children (N = 643)

-0.4 (-1.0–0.2)

0.7 (0.4–1.2)

0.168

0.0 (-0.6–0.6)

1.0 (0.6–1.9)

0.917

-0.2 (-1.0–0.7)

0.8 (0.4–2.0)

0.694

0.08

Meets policy recommendation of providing 30 + mins/day of energetic play in kindergarten children (N = 634)

-0.4 (-1.1–0.3)

0.6 (0.3–1.3)

0.223

0.8 (-0.1–1.7)

2.3 (0.9–5.7)

0.068

-0.3 (-1.5–0.9)

0.7 (0.2–2.4)

0.613

0.00

Meets policy recommendation of providing 180 + mins/day of physical activity and 30 + mins/day of energetic play in kindergarten children (N = 634)

-0.4 (-0.9–0.2)

0.7 (0.4–1.2)

0.174

0.1 (-0.4–0.7)

1.1 (0.7–1.9)

0.633

0.0 (-0.7–0.8)

1.0 (0.5–2.2)

0.943

0.05

Total time provided for physical activity (N = 643)

-0.3 (-0.8–0.2)

0.7 (0.5–1.2)

0.222

0.2 (-0.2–0.6)

1.2 (0.8–1.9)

0.305

-0.5 (-1.1–0.1)

0.6 (0.3–1.1)

0.101

0.08

Time provided for energetic play (N = 634)

-0.4 (-0.9–0.1)

0.7 (0.4–1.1)

0.104

0.0 (-0.5–0.5)

1.0 (0.6–1.7)

0.896

0.2 (-0.5–0.9)

1.2 (0.6–2.4)

0.649

0.03

Implementation outcome

B (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

P-value*

B (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

P-value*

B (95% CI)

IRR (95% CI)

P-value*

ICC

Uptake of practices (total count)a (N = 645)

0.0 (-0.1–0.2)

1.0 (0.9–1.2)

0.419

0.1 (-0.0–0.2)

1.1 (1.0–1.2)

0.137

-0.1 (-0.2–0.1)

0.9 (0.8–1.1)

0.384

N/A

  1. Notes: Models are adjusted for educator age and education
  2. ICC intraclass correlation at the service level, N/A not available for poisson regression
  3. *Statistically significant coefficients (p < 0.05) in bold font
  4. aTotal count of practices consists of 21 physical activity practices corresponding to 15 of the practices outlined in the policy template