Table 3. Summary of binary outcomes and P value for difference between groups (excluding missing).
| Controls | 3PS group | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outcomes | Baseline | 6 weeks | 12 weeks | Baseline | 6 weeks | 12 weeks | 6 weeks P value* | 12 weeks P value* |
| Sleep | ||||||||
| Bedtime is 'very easy' or 'somewhat easy'** | 15 (55.5%) | 12 (44.4%) | 11 (42.3%) | 15 (55.5%) | 15 (57.7%) | 17 (68%) | 0.335 | 0.065 |
| Proportion of children who don't wake at night during a typical week | 8 (29.6%) | 21 (77.8%) | 16 (61.5%) | 11 (40.7%) | 11 (42.3%) | 9 (36%) | 0.008 | 0.068 |
| Proportion of children who typically wake during the night ≤1–3 nights per month | 9 (33.3%) | 6 (22.2%) | 9 (34.6%) | 11 (40.7%) | 14 (53.8%) | 16 (64%) | 0.018 | 0.036 |
| Proportion of children who usually sleep 'well' or 'very well'*** | 12 (44.4%) | 16 (59.3%) | 13 (50.0%) | 15 (55.5%) | 19 (73.1%) | 21 (84%) | 0.288 | 0.010 |
| Proportion of children who sleep at least 11 hours per night | 16 (61.5%) | 16 (59.3%) | 15 (57.7%) | 15 (55.6%) | 17 (65.4%) | 19 (76.0%) | 0.646 | 0.166 |
| Screen Use | ||||||||
| Proportion of children who meet screen use guideline of less than 1 hour | 3 (11.1%) | 5 (18.5%) | 8 (33.3%) | 2 (7.4%) | 8 (30.8%) | 7 (28.0%) | 0.300 | 0.686 |
| Dietary behaviours: | ||||||||
| 2 or more fruit servings per day (%) | 23 (85.1) | 24 (88.9%) | 22 (84.6%) | 22 (81.4%) | 24 (92.3%) | 24 (96%) | 0.670 | 0.172 |
| 2 or more vegetable servings per day (%) | 17 (62.9%) | 18 (66.7%) | 19 (73.1%) | 17 (62.9%) | 20 (76.9%) | 20 (80%) | 0.407 | 0.560 |
| Child eats meal with family at table each day 'often' or 'nearly always' (%) | 18 (66.7%) | 21 (77.8%) | 18 (69.2%) | 20 (74.1%) | 21 (80.8%) | 19 (76%) | 0.788 | 0.588 |
* P value for the difference between groups
** Compared with ‘not easy or difficult’ or ‘somewhat difficult’ or ‘very difficult’
*** Compared with ‘fairly well’ or ‘fairly poorly’ or ‘poorly’ or ‘very poorly’.