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Table 6 Proxy-reported child park visitation at the intervention and control parks from the resident surveys at T1 and T3 among children who had visited the  park in the past 3 months

From: The REVAMP natural experiment study: the impact of a play-scape installation on park visitation and park-based physical activity

 

Intervention Park

Control Park

T1

(n = 180)

T3

(n = 144)

T1

(n = 228)

T3

(n = 191)

Age years (mean (SD))

8.4 (3.8)

7.9 (3.3)

8.3 (3.5)

7.9 (3.3)

Sex (%)

 Female

50.0

48.2

42.6

47.3

 Male

50.0

51.9

57.4

52.7

Child’s usual park visitation in past 3 months (%)

  ≥ once per week

10.6

6.9

10.1

11.5

 Once per month to 2–3 times p/month

43.9

44.4

54.4

50.8

  < once per month

45.6

48.6

35.5

37.7

How long child usually active on each park visit (minutes), (mean, (SD))

64.7 (38.3)

71.1 (46.4)

65.1 (36.3)

66.2 (41.9)

Child’s usual activity level during park visits in past 3 months (%)

 Mostly sitting

0.6

0.0

0.0

1.1

 Mostly light activities

12.4

12.9

12.5

8.8

 Mostly moderate activities

80.8

76.1

82.1

81.8

 Mostly vigorous activities

6.2

11.2

5.4

8.3