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. 2012 Jul 6;13:105. doi: 10.1186/1745-6215-13-105

Table 8.

Updated sample size calculations for the adolescent outcomes using the between-cluster coefficient of variation from the baseline survey (with missing responses multiply imputed)

Outcome Baseline prevalence or mean (across all intervention and control clusters) Km Minimum detectable effect size Expected effect size in original study design
Adolescents
 
 
 
 
Healthy eating
56% eat fruit daily or almost daily
0.003
17% increase in prevalence
30% increase in prevalence
Unhealthy eating scoreb
Mean unhealthy eating score = 3.0
0.06
Decrease of 0.26 standard deviations
 
Physical activityc
Mean PAQ-A score = 2.7
0.04
Increase of 0.25 standard deviations
-
Mental health and wellbeing
Mean PANAS-positive score = 29.8 (ranges 11 = lowest positive affect, to 55 = highest positive affect)
0.03
Increase of 0.23 standard deviations
-
 
Mean PANAS-negative score = 18.0 (ranges 11 = lowest negative affect, to 55 = highest negative affect)
0.02
Decrease of 0.21 standard deviations
 
 
Mean SDQ = 12.4 (range 0–15 =  normal, 16-19 = borderline, 20- 40 abnormal)
0.03
Decrease of 0.22 standard deviations
30% increase achieving key thresholds for mental health
 
74% Have normal SDQ scores
0.12
31% increase in prevalence
 
  29% have borderline or abnormal SDQ scores 0.04 14% decrease in prevalence  

aEffect sizes for binary outcomes are relative increases in prevalence.

aCalculations are based on multiply imputed datasets; comparison to complete cases showed no substantial differences except in Km for adolescent fruit consumption which decreased from 0.05 to 0.004.

bPossible range 1 to 5; higher score indicates more frequent consumption of unhealthy food items (chips, chocolate or sweets, and sugar sweetened beverages).

cRange 1 to 5; 1, very inactive; 5, very active.