Bedtime Routines Intervention for Children (BRIC) project: results from a non-randomised feasibility, proof-of concept study

Table 3 Changes in bedtime routine activities pre- and post-intervention with percentage changes reflecting how much more or less frequently parents gave responses

Reading before bed	N	Pre-intervention (%)	Post-intervention (%)	Change (%)
Almost never	49	4	0	− 4
Occasionally	49	14	0	− 14
Half of the time	49	10	2	− 8
Often	49	8	12	+ 4
Nearly always	49	64	84	+ 20
Parent-child interactions	49	Pre-intervention (%)	Post-intervention (%)	Change
Almost never	49	8	0	− 8
Occasionally	49	18	0	− 18
Half of the time	49	0	0	0
Often	49	14	12	− 2
Nearly always	49	60	86	+ 26
Watching TV before bed	49	Pre-intervention (%)	Post-intervention (%)	Change
Almost never	49	38	64	+ 26
Occasionally	49	16	16	0
Half of the time	49	8	10	+ 2
Often	49	20	6	− 14
Nearly always	49	18	2	− 16
Playing with electronic devices before bed	49	Pre-intervention (%)	Post-intervention (%)	Change
Almost never	49	80	96	+ 16
Occasionally	49	12	2	− 10
Half of the time	49	0	0	0
Often	49	6	0	− 6
Nearly always	49	2	0	− 2
Having snacks and/or drinks before bed (excl. water and/or unflavoured milk)	49	Pre-intervention (%)	Post-intervention (%)	Change
Almost never	49	60	84	+ 24
Occasionally	49	20	10	− 10
Half of the time	49	4	0	− 4
Often	49	6	2	− 4
Nearly always	49	10	2	− 8
Brushing teeth before bed	49	Pre-intervention (%)	Post-intervention (%)	Change
Almost never	49	16	4	− 12
Occasionally	49	8	1	− 7
Half of the time	49	4	4	0
Often	49	2	8	+ 6
Nearly always	49	70	80	+ 10

This table summarised percentage changes on the frequency of six bedtime routine activities that showed changes pre- and post-intervention. Two activities (play and shower/bath before bed) are not included since they did not show changes

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