Table 2. Summary of continuous outcomes and P value for change from baseline between groups.
Controls | 3PS group | |||||||
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Outcomes | Baseline | 6 weeks | 12 weeks | Baseline | 6 weeks | 12 weeks | P value* (6 weeks) | P value* (12 weeks) |
Sleep (mean, SD) | ||||||||
Median time during the night the child is awake (mins)# | 10 (5, 30) | 15 (5, 30) | 5 (0, 15) | 10 (0, 30) | 5 (0, 10) | 0 (0, 5) | 0.022# | 0.171# |
Longest stretch of time the child is asleep during the night without waking up (hours) | 7.4 (2.8) | 8.1 (3.0) | 7.7 (3.0) | 8.8 (2.9) | 10.2 (2.0) | 10.2 (1.7) | 0.036 | 0.004 |
Total time the child spends sleeping during the night (hours) | 10.7 (1.0) | 10.7 (1.0) | 10.6 (1.2) | 10.6 (1.1) | 10.9 (0.7) | 11.0 (0.6) | 0.327 | 0.069 |
Screen Use (mean, SD) | ||||||||
Screen time per day during the weekdays and weekends (hours) | 1.8 (0.8) | 1.8 (1.0) | 1.9 (1.2) | 1.6 (0.8) | 1.4 (0.8) | 1.5 (1.0) | 0.243 | 0.374 |
Parent feeding practices (mean, SD) | ||||||||
Uses food to reward behaviour score** | 10.2 (3.0) | 9.8 (3.2) | 9.5 (3.2) | 10.1 (3.1) | 9.0 (3.6) | 8.3 (2.9) | 0.269 | 0.130 |
Uses food as a reward for eating score** | 9.2 (3.9) | 9.0 (4) | 8.8 (3.6) | 10.6 (3.4) | 8.9 (3.8) | 8.7 (3.2) | 0.135 | 0.296 |
Persuasive feeding score** | 18.4 (4.2) | 18.5 (4.3) | 17.4 (4.3) | 18.5 (5.0) | 17.3 (4.2) | 16.6 (3.8) | 0.067 | 0.141 |
Structured meal score | 11.4 (3.0) | 11.8 (2.8) | 11.7 (2.7) | 11.7 (2.5) | 12.1 (2.2) | 12.3 (2.5) | 0.852 | 0.213 |
Household (mean, SD) | ||||||||
Child Routine Inventory score | 37.2 (4.8) | 37.9 (4.3) | 38.4 (3.7) | 37.6 (5.5) | 38.6 (5.5) | 39.5 (4.6) | 0.735 | 0.172 |
CHAOS score** | 5.1 (3.5) | 5 (3.2) | 5.0 (3.2) | 4.2 (2.4) | 3.4 (2.4) | 3.0 (2.1) | 0.054 | 0.002 |
* P value for the between-group difference in the change from baseline (adjusted for baseline value)
# Data is non-normal so median and interquartile range are reported and Wilcoxon two-sample test used.
**A lower score is a more favourable outcome.