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Table 2 Change in proportion of services implementing all healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices over time by group—all services and by service type, socioeconomic characteristics and geographic characteristics

From: Effectiveness of an intervention to facilitate the implementation of healthy eating and physical activity policies and practices in childcare services: a randomised controlled trial

  

Intervention group n = 62

Control group n = 60

Odds ratio (OR)

p value

  

Baseline n (%)

Follow-up n (%)

Baseline n (%)

Follow-up n (%)

Intervention group versus control group (95 % CI)

Main analysis

All services

15 (24)

27 (44)

12 (20)

22 (37)

1.33 (0.64, 2.76)

0.44

Sensitivity analysis

All services

15 (23)

27 (42)

13 (20)

23 (36)

1.29 (0.63, 2.64)

0.48

By service type

Pre-school

8 (25)

12 (38)

10 (31)

13 (41)

0.89 (0.33, 2.45)

0.83

Long day-care service

7 (23)

15 (48)

3 (10)

11 (37)

1.67 (0.59, 4.73)

0.33

By socio-economic characteristics

Top 50 % of New South Wales

5 (28)

9 (50)

4 (25)

6 (38)

1.65 (0.42, 6.59)

0.48

Bottom 50 % of New South Wales

10 (24)

16 (38)

8 (19)

16 (37)

1.05 (0.44, 2.54)

0.91

By geographic characteristics

Urban

8 (27)

16 (53)

9 (26)

15 (43)

1.52 (0.57, 4.07)

0.40

Rural

7 (23)

9 (30)

3 (13)

7 (29)

1.04 (0.32, 3.41)

0.95