Table 5.

Pre-intervention/Post-Intervention outcomes for Cohort 1

Outcome	Cronbach’s alpha		n	Pre		Post
	Pre	Post		M	SD	M	SD
Weight (kg) at 12 weeks			6	126.16	20.04	121.34	19.93
BMI at 12 weeks			6	39.85	5.37	38.36	5.69
Self-rated health (100-point scale with 100 as highest)			6	56.67	29.44	70.00	24.49
HRQOL (100-point scale)	.83	.87	5	63.57	15.26	72.43	20.50
Health service utilisation (6 items; 0–6 with 6 as highest utilisation)			3	2.00	2.0	2.33	3.21
Total days with 30 min moderate/15 min vigorous			2	4.00	0.00	3.50	2.21
Nutrition (9 items; 1–6 with 1 = highest nutrition)	.83	.83	4	3.44	0.45	3.17	0.90
Social support (2 items; 1–5 with 1 = highest support)	.89	.93	5	1.60	0.55	1.50	0.50
Readiness to change (3 items; 1–5 with 1 = highest commitment to change)	.69	.88	3	1.78	0.38	1.56	0.38
Efficacy to change (3 items; 1–5 with 1 = highest efficacy)	.79	.66	3	1.78	0.19	1.56	0.51

**p < .01, *p < .05