Table 3.
Parent plan recall,a adherence,b and success ratingsc for Wellness Action Plan RCT in a primary care clinic in Milwaukee, WI from March–August of 2013.
| Control group | Intervention group | P valued | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Post visit | N = 85 | N = 96 | |
| Made diet plan | 25% | 80% | < 0.001 |
| Made activity plan | 20% | 62% | < 0.001 |
| 1 month follow-up | N = 52 | N = 60 | |
| Recall diet plan | 25% | 78% | < 0.001 |
| Adherence diet plan (All) | 21% | 70% | < 0.001 |
| Adherence diet plan (Only recall group) | 85% (N = 13) | 89% (N = 47) | 0.6 |
| Success rating diet plan (mean, SD) | 7.9 (0.9) | 8.4 (1.8) | 0.2 |
| Recall activity plan | 15% | 57% | < 0.001 |
| Adherence activity plan (All) | 13% | 52% | < 0.001 |
| Adherence activity plan (Only recall group) | 87% (N = 8) | 91% (N = 34) | 1.00 |
| Success rating activity plan (mean, SD) | 8.0 (1.6) | 8.5 (1.7) | 0.4 |
| 3 month follow-up | N = 38 | N = 53 | |
| Recall diet plan | 29% | 62% | 0.003 |
| Adherence diet plan (All) | 29% | 58% | 0.006 |
| Adherence diet plan (Only recall group) | 100% (N = 11) | 94% (N = 33) | 1.00 |
| Success rating diet plan (mean, SD) | 8.2 (1.5) | 8.3 (1.6) | 0.7 |
| Recall activity plan | 13% | 34% | 0.03 |
| Adherence activity plan (All) | 13% | 30% | 0.08 |
| Adherence activity plan (Only recall group) | 100% (N = 5) | 89% (N = 18) | 1.00 |
| Success rating activity plan (mean, SD) | 7.8 (2.5) | 9.0 (1.3) | 0.3 |
RCT = randomized controlled trial.
Parents were included in the recall group if they said that they made a plan and could report the plan they made.
Adherence was calculated for all parent/child pairs who were contacted for follow-up regardless of whether they recalled a plan was made (“All”) and separately for only those parent/child pairs who actually recalled a plan (“Only recall group”). Separate sample sizes are included for “Only recall group” in parentheses under percent adherence.
Parents who reported adhering with plans were asked to rate how successful they were on a 0–10 Likert scale, with 0 representing not successful and 10 representing very successful.
Differences between the control and intervention groups were evaluated using the chi-square test (or Fisher's exact test when the expected counts were less than 5), with the exception of differences in success ratings which were analyzed with the Wilcoxon–Mann–Whitney test.