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Table 6 Attendance of children to initiation and maintenance phases of the intervention according to school

From: Assessing the feasibility of evaluating and delivering a physical activity intervention for pre-school children: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Predominant ethnicity of intervention group

School 1: White

School 2: South Asian

School 3: South Asian

School 4: White

School 5: South Asian

Overall

Initiation

Autumn/winter

Autumn/winter

Winter/spring

Summer

Summer

 

 Number of children

13

16

15

18

21

83

 Attended any session, n (%)

6 (45.2)

10 (62.5)

6 (40.0)

15 (83.3)

17 (81.0)

54 (65.1)

 Number of sessions attended, mean (SD)

1.8 (1.0)

2.3 (1.4)

10.7 (10.6)

10.8 (10.7)

13.6 (9.8)

9.1 (9.6)

 Number of sessions attended, median (min, max)

1.5 (1, 3)

2 (1, 5)

10 (1, 21)

5 (1, 28)

17 (1, 29)

3 (1, 29)

Maintenance

Winter/spring and summer

Winter/spring and summer

Summer and autumn

Autumn and winter/spring

Autumn and winter/spring

 

 Number of children

13

16

15

18

21

83

 Attended any session, n (%)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3 (20.0)

4 (22.2)

6 (28.6)

13 (15.7)

 Number of sessions attended, mean (SD)

0.0 (0.0)

0.0 (0.0)

8.3 (1.2)

3.0 (2.3)

5.0 (3.7)

5.2 (3.4)

 Number of sessions attended, median (min, max)

0 (0, 0)

0 (0, 0)

9 (7, 9)

3 (1, 5)

4.5 (1, 11)

4.5 (1, 11)

Overall

      

 Number of children

13

16

15

18

21

83

 Attended any session, n (%)

6 (46.2)

10 (62.5)

6 (40.0)

15 (83.3)

17 (81.0)

54 (65.1)

 Number of sessions attended, mean (SD)

1.8 (1.0)

2.3 (1.4)

14.8 (15.2)

11.6 (12.1)

15.4 (11.6)

10.3 (11.5)

 Number of sessions, median (min, max)

1.5 (1, 3)

2 (1, 5)

14.5 (1, 30)

5 (1, 33)

5 (1, 33)

3.0 (1, 35)