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Table 3 Percent of school day spent in sedentary behaviour, light intensity physical activity, and MVPA at baseline and follow-up in the intervention and control group

From: An active play intervention to improve physical activity and fundamental movement skills in children of low socio-economic status: feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention (n = 70)

Control (n = 48)

Difference between groups for the change

Baseline

Mean (SD)

Follow-up

Mean (SD)

Within group change

Mean; p value; d

Baseline

Mean (SD)

Follow-up

Mean (SD)

Within group change

Mean; d

Mean (95% CI)

d

Sedentary %

51.2 (8.6)

49.1 (8.9)

− 2.1; 0.3

55.1 (8.9)

52.4 (9.0)

− 2.7; 0.4

0.6 (− 1.8, 3.1)

0.1

Light %

40.0 (6.5)

40.7 (6.7)

+ 0.7; 0.2

38.5 (7.2)

40.6 (7.8)

+ 2.1; 0.4

− 1.4 (− 3.3, 0.6)

0.3

MVPA %

8.8 (3.4)

10.2 (3.9)

+ 1.4; 0.5

6.4 (3.3)

7.0 (3.0)

+ 0.6; 0.3

0.8 (− 0.2, 1.8)

0.3