A randomised controlled trial of performance review and facilitated feedback to increase implementation of healthy eating and physical activity-promoting policies and practices in centre-based childcare

Table 2 Baseline demographic comparison of study groups

Characteristic	Control n = 46		Intervention n = 62
Characteristic	N	%	N	%
Type of service^a
Long day care service	33	71.7	46	74.2
Pre-school service	16	34.8	19	30.7
Provides food for meals and snacks
Families provide all food	18	39.1	18	29.0
Both family and service provides food	2	4.4	6	9.7
Service provides all food	26	56.5	38	61.3
Number of days open per week
< 5 days	5	10.9	2	3.2
5 days	41	89.1	60	96.8
Service caters for:
Children under 1 year	32	69.6	44	71.0
1 year olds	32	69.6	43	69.4
2 year olds	35	76.1	46	74.2
3–5 year olds	46	100	62	100
Number of hours of operation, mean (SD)	9.5 (2.0)		9.97 (2.1)
Number of children enrolled, mean (SD)	116 (142)		105 (54)
Number of (primary contact) teaching staff, mean (SD)	10.6 (5.3)		11.9 (6.4)
Service geographic location
Urban	27	61.4	38	61.3
Rural	17	38.6	24	38.7
Service socio-economic area
Top 50% of New South Wales	16	36.4	30	48.4
Lower 50% of New South Wales	28	63.6	32	51.6

^aThree control services and three intervention services identified as both a preschool and long day care service; therefore, percentages add to more than 100%

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