Table 2.

Median values for confidence ratings and patterns of ready-meal, vegetable and fruit consumption at baseline, post intervention and 1-year follow-up in completers (n 44): parents of nursery age children from deprived communities in Ayrshire and Arran, Scotland, who attended a cooking skills intervention in September 2010–January 2011

	Baseline		Post intervention		One-year follow-up		Δ post intervention and baseline			Δ follow-up and post intervention			Δ follow-up and baseline
	Median	P25, P75	Median	P25, P75	Median	P25, P75	Median	P25, P75	P value	Median	P25, P75	P value	Median	P25, P75	P value
Confidence in being able to cook from basic ingredients*	5	2, 7	7	6, 7	6	5, 7	1	0, 2	<0·05	0	0, 1	0·033	1	0, 2	0·002
Confidence to follow a simple recipe*	5	5, 7	7	6, 7	7	6, 7	1	0, 2	<0·05	0	0, 0	0·06	1	0, 2	<0·05
Confidence in tasting new foods*	5	3, 6	6	6, 7	5	5, 7	1·5	0, 3	<0·05	−1	−1, 0	0·002	1	0, 2	0·005
Confidence in preparing and cooking new foods*	5	4, 6	6	6, 7	6	5, 7	2	0, 2·7	<0·05	0	−1, 0	0·08	1	0, 3	<0·05
How often do you eat ready meals?†	4	2, 6	3	2, 6	3	2, 6	−1	−2, 0	0·001	0	−1, 1	0·545	−1	−2, 0	0·001
How often do you eat vegetables?‡	4	3, 6	5	4, 6	5	4, 7	1	0, 2	0·028	0	0, 1	0·177	1	1, 2·7	0·001
How often do you eat fruit?§	4	3, 5	5	3·2, 6	5·5	3·2, 6	1	0, 2	<0·05	0	0, 1	0·170	1	0, 2	<0·05

Δ, change; P25, 25th percentile; P75, 75th percentile.

*Scale values are from 1 to 7 (from ‘not at all confident’ to ‘very confident’).

†Scale values are from 1 to 7: 1 = ‘never’; 2 = ‘1–3 times a month’; 3 = ‘once a week’; 4 = ‘2–4 times a week’; 5 = ‘5–6 times a week’; 6 = ‘once a day’; 7 = ‘more than once a day’.

‡Scale values are from 1 to 7: 1 = ‘less than once a week’; 2 = ‘once a week’; 3 = ‘2–4 times a week’; 4 = ‘5–6 times a week’; 5 = ‘once a day’; 6 = ‘twice a day’; 7 = ‘more than twice a day’.

§Scale values are from 1 to 6: 1 = ‘less than once a week’; 2 = ‘once a week’; 3 = ‘2–4 times a week’; 4 = ‘5–6 times a week’; 5 = ‘once a day’; 6 = ‘2 or more times a day’.