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Table 4 Time and interaction effects for steps per average day, steps per weekday and steps per weekend day for the six European countries (adjusted for age and sex)

From: Effect and process evaluation of a kindergarten-based, family-involved cluster randomised controlled trial in six European countries on four- to six-year-old children’s steps per day: the ToyBox-study

  

PRE

(steps/day)

POST

(steps/day)

Time

Time * condition

ß

p-value

ß

p-value

Belgium (n = 540; I = 332; C = 208)

 Average day

I

10,453

10,705

    
 

C

10,475

10,455

−20.15

0.08

271.55

0.23

 Weekday

I

11,029

11,149

    
 

C

10,992

10,969

−23.24

0.32

142.76

0.60

 Weekend day

I

9028

9493

    
 

C

9165

9036

−128.64

0.04

593.53

0.11

Bulgaria (n = 78; I = 33; C = 45)

 Average day

I

7108

7650

    
 

C

8708

8074

−633.58

0.20

1175.75

0.03

 Weekday

I

6677

7231

    
 

C

8354

7549

−805.00

0.33

1358.65

0.07

 Weekend day

I

8471

8986

    
 

C

9564

9360

−203.52

0.47

718.51

0.44

Germany (n = 212; I = 180; C = 32)

 Average day

I

11,808

11,766

    
 

C

12,048

11,130

−917.75

0.88

875.88

0.21

 Weekday

I

12,182

12,131

    
 

C

12,548

11,739

−809.20

0.87

757.60

0.35

 Weekend day

I

10,814

10,797

    
 

C

10,471

9282

−1189.11

0.96

1171.59

0.24

Greece (n = 356; I = 260; C = 96)

 Average day

I

9943

10,190

    
 

C

9003

9301

298.22

0.28

−51.38

0.91

 Weekday

I

10,394

10,697

    
 

C

9143

9718

575.37

0.24

−271.78

0.58

 Weekend day

I

8822

8927

    
 

C

8698

8303

−394.65

0.72

499.64

0.38

Poland (n = 837; I = 512; C = 325)

 Average day

I

11,475

10,969

    
 

C

10,686

10,615

−70.67

0.003

−434.55

0.11

 Weekday

I

11,589

11,526

    
 

C

10,662

11,065

403.05

0.75

−465.64

0.13

 Weekend day

I

11,186

9574

    
 

C

10,753

9498

−1255.97

<0.001

−356.81

0.36

Spain (n = 415; I = 288; C = 127)

 Average day

I

12,954

12,269

    
 

C

11,554

10,803

−751.10

0.001

65.82

0.87

 Weekday

I

13,688

13,089

    
 

C

11,924

11,518

−406.22

0.02

−193.30

0.67

 Weekend day

I

11,096

10,197

    
 

C

10,649

9036

−1613.30

0.003

713.61

0.19

  1. I intervention group, C control group
  2. Time: the ß-value for ‘time’ is the estimate for the time effect, and can be interpreted as the magnitude of change in the outcome variable going from follow-up to baseline for the reference group (i.e., control group)
  3. Time*Condition: the ß-value for ‘time*condition’ is the estimate for the intervention effect for all outcome variables, which describes the difference between the mean change in the intervention group and the mean change in the control group