Table 6.
Physical activity and leisure activities assessed at baseline and at the end of the study in the intervention and control groups
|
Intervention group |
Control group |
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baseline (%) | End of study (%) | P value | Baseline (%) | End of study (%) | P value | Intervention vs control ( P value) | |
|
Television and/or video games |
|
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| 0–1 hours/day |
7.9 |
6.8 |
|
8.2 |
9.4 |
|
|
| 1–2 hours/day |
42.4 |
40.5 |
|
46.0 |
42.8 |
|
|
| 2–3 hours/day |
33.3 |
34.1 |
|
33.3 |
32.1 |
|
|
| 3–4 hours/day |
10.4 |
12.7 |
|
7.7 |
11.1 |
|
|
| 4–5 hours/day |
3.9 |
3.5 |
|
3.8 |
3.4 |
|
|
| >5 hours/day |
1.9 |
2.5 |
0.06 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
0.39 |
0.59 |
|
After-school physical activity | |||||||
| 0–1 hours/week |
24.9 |
18.8 |
|
21.2 |
20.8 |
|
|
| 1–2 hours/week |
9.3 |
11.4 |
|
10.2 |
9.6 |
|
|
| 2–3 hours/week |
25.2 |
20.8 |
|
24.4 |
22.1 |
|
|
| 3–4 hours/week |
17.9 |
16.4 |
|
19.5 |
18.8 |
|
|
| 4–5 hours/week |
11.2 |
12.9 |
|
11.0 |
14.1 |
|
|
| >5 hours/week |
11.4 |
19.7 |
<0.001 |
13.2 |
14.6 |
0.21 |
0.02 |
|
Leisure-time activity |
|
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| Park or garden, daily |
61.4 |
62.7 |
0.63 |
61.7 |
64.6 |
0.24 |
0.52 |
| Park or garden, weekend |
52.9 |
52.6 |
0.94 |
44.2 |
45.9 |
0.44 |
0.51 |
| Sport with father >3 hours/week |
29.5 |
35.1 |
<0.001 |
34.4 |
36.5 |
0.01 |
0.47 |
| Sport with mother (>3 hours/week | 22.1 | 26.1 | <0.001 | 26.3 | 28.9 | 0.06 | 0.43 |
The AVall Questionnaire is about lifestyles, and includes hours of television watched, physical activity after school and leisure-time activities [22]. This questionnaire was filled in by parents twice during the study (at baseline and at the end of the study).