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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Matern Child Health J. 2015 Apr;19(4):840–849. doi: 10.1007/s10995-014-1582-0

Table 5.

Participant satisfaction with the intervention, mean (SD) or % (n)

Items 32-wk gestation
n = 13
12-wk postpartum
n = 14
Overall program rating (1=poor, 4=excellent) 3.8 (0.4) 3.8 (0.4)
Recommend to friend, % (n) yes 100% (13) 100% (14)
Helpfulness of programmatic content or format* (1=none, 2=some, 3=a lot)
 Nutrition content from one-on-one session 2.6 (0.7) 2.8 (0.5)
 Exercise content from one-on-one session 2.6 (0.5) 2.8 (0.5)
 Keeping a healthy eating log 1.9 (0.3) 1.6 (0.5)
 Keeping an exercise log 2.0 (0.7) 1.8 (0.6)
 Wearing a pedometer 2.2 (0.6) 1.9 (0.8)
 Setting eating goals 2.4 (0.7) 2.2 (0.5)
 Setting exercise goals 2.0 (0.7) 2.2 (0.4)
 Meal planning 2.3 (0.7) 2.1 (0.7)
 Problem solving strategies 2.1 (0.7) 1.9 (0.5)
 Stress management skills 2.1 (0.7) 2.2 (0.6)
 Time management skills 1.9 (0.6) 2.2 (0.6)
 Reading food labels 2.5 (0.7) 2.1 (0.5)
 Regular weighing 2.6 (0.5) 2.3 (0.6)
 Recipes from class 1.7 (0.6) 2.0 (0.7)
 Asking for support/help for healthy eating 1.8 (0.7) 1.7 (0.5)
 Asking for support/help for exercise 1.6 (0.7) 1.9 (0.7)
 Money saving tips for food purchasing 2.4 (0.5) 2.4 (0.6)
 Group sessions 2.7 (0.5) NA
 Phone calls 2.2 (0.6) 2.4 (0.5)
Number of group sessions was, % (n)
 Too few 8.3% (1)
 About right 91.7 (11)
 Too many 0% (0) NA
Number of phone calls was, % (n)
 Too few 0% (0) 0% (0)
 About right 92.3% (12) 90.9% (10)
 Too many 7.7% (1) 9.1% (1)
*

Helpfulness of programmatic content was only rated by those who reported the activity (range: 8–13).