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. 2020 Mar 17;15(3):e0230447. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0230447

Table 2. Summary of individual physical literacy assessments from Phase 2.

Physical Literacy Measure High Scoring Programs (n = 8) Low Scoring Programs (n = 7) 95% confidence interval of the difference p-value Effect Size
Lower Upper
PLAYfun Total 39.9 ± 9.1 40.0 ± 7.9 -0.1 4.4 0.064 0.02
PLAYfun Running 46.5 ± 9.4 46.1 ± 8.9 -1.3 4.6 0.261 -0.04
PLAYfun Locomotor 39.1 ± 11.5 40.4 ± 10.9 -2.7 6.3 0.434 0.12
PLAYfun Object Control (upper body) 47.9 ± 13.0 46.2 ± 11.8 0.8 8.2 0.018* 0.20
PLAYfun Object Control (lower body) 36.7 ± 16.8 34.0 ± 17.2 -1.0 12.8 0.091 -0.16
PLAYfun Balance, Stability and Body Control 30.5 ± 14.6 32.8 ± 13.5 -4.6 4.5 0.983 0.16
PLAYself Total 76.2 ± 10.7 72.7 ± 12.3 0.2 8.1 0.04* -0.30
PLAYself Environment 71.6 ± 13.8 68.3 ± 14.3 -1.1 11.3 0.10 -0.23
PLAYself PL Self-Description 74.0 ± 14.6 70.2 ± 16.5 -0.8 10.2 0.10 -0.24
PLAYself Relative Ranking of Literacies 82.8 ± 11.5 77.7 ± 15.1 -1.1 12.0 0.10 -0.38
PLAYparent 127.2 ± 16.1 129.7 ± 17.0 -9.3 4.4 0.487 0.15

All results were adjusted for age and sex. Physical literacy assessment results presented as raw scores. p-values represent the results of the mixed models conducted to assess differences in physical literacy measurements (PLAYfun, PLAYself and PLAYparent) between programs that scored in the top 10% and the bottom 10% on the PLEA Tool; PL: physical literacy

*p <0.05; Effect size is Cohen’s d.