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Table 6 Parent-reported outcomes for intervention and control groups; mean (SD)

From: An educational intervention to prevent overweight in pre-school years: a cluster randomised trial with a focus on disadvantaged families

 

Intervention group (n = 47)

Control group (n = 34)

 

Child

2-years

Child

4-years

p value1

Child

2-years

Child

4-years

p value1

p value2

Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire

 Slowness in eating

2.6 (1.0)

2.9 (1.0)

0.055

2.8 (1.2)

2.9 (1.2)

0.654

0.554

 Satiety responsiveness

3.0 (0.9)

3.2 (1.0)

0.040*

2.8 (1.1)

3.1 (1.0)

0.276

0.411

 Food fussiness

2.7 (0.8)

2.8 (1.1)

0.488

2.8 (0.9)

2.8 (1.1)

0.562

0.996

 Food responsiveness

3.0 (1.2)

3.2 (1.2)

0.104

3.5 (1.3)

3.2 (1.2)

0.174

0.118

 Enjoyment of food

4.2 (0.9)

4.1 (1.0)

0.593

4.3 (1.1)

4.3 (1.0)

0.895

0.626

 Desire to drink

3.2 (1.4)

2.9 (1.4)

0.394

3.2 (1.5)

2.7 (1.4)

0.029*

0.362

 Emotional under-eating

3.7 (1.1)

3.8 (1.1)

0.480

3.5 (1.2)

3.7 (1.4)

0.379

0.885

 Emotional over-eating

1.6 (0.7)

1.7 (0.7)

0.241

1.6 (0.6)

1.5 (0.6)

0.173

0.064

Parental Feeding Style Questionnaire

 Instrumental

2.7 (1.2)

3.3 (1.1)

0.002*

3.0 (1.3)

3.5 (1.2)

0.032*

0.802

 Control

3.8 (0.8)

3.8 (0.7)

0.801

3.8 (0.8)

3.6 (0.9)

0.305

0.342

 Emotion

1.9 (0.9)

1.9 (0.8)

0.568

2.2 (1.2)

1.9 (1.2)

0.052

0.124

 Encouragement

4.5 (0.5)

4.7 (0.4)

0.019*

4.5 (0.5)

4.6 (0.5)

0.247

0.324

Food Choice Questionnaire

 Health

2.8 (0.7)

3.0 (0.6)

0.008

2.7 (0.8)

2.9 (0.7)

0.006

0.801

 Mood

2.2 (0.7)

2.2 (0.7)

0.770

2.2 (0.7)

2.1 (0.7)

0.307

0.299

 Convenience

2.6 (0.6)

2.8 (0.6)

0.001

2.7 (0.7)

2.9 (0.7)

0.017

0.747

 Sensory Appeal

3.1 (0.4)

3.2 (0.5)

0.020

3.2 (0.6)

3.4 (0.5)

0.063

0.534

 Natural Content

2.6 (0.9)

2.7 (0.8)

0.058

2.3 (0.9)

2.7 (0.9)

0.001

0.260

 Price

2.7 (0.7)

2.7 (0.8)

0.935

2.9 (0.8)

3.0 (0.8)

0.475

0.426

 Weight Control

2.3 (0.9)

2.5 (0.9)

0.010

2.3 (0.8)

2.4 (0.9)

0.414

0.320

 Familiarity

2.7 (0.8)

2.8 (0.6)

0.152

2.5 (0.8)

2.6 (0.7)

0.187

0.594

 Ethical concern

1.8 (0.9)

1.8 (0.8)

1.000

1.5 (0.7)

1.6 (0.7)

0.571

0.740

Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-being Scale

 Total score

45.9 (9.2)

50.6 (10.7)

0.002

45.0 (9.9)

48.6 (11.3)

0.056

0.633

  1. 1 P value for test of zero change (post-pre) within group
  2. 2P value for test of difference in change between intervention and control groups, adjusting for difference at baseline using baseline value as a covariate
  3. *p value less than 0.05
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