Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of study participants
| SSPlay (n = 24) |
Play (n = 27) |
CG (n = 28) |
p | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 9.7 ± 0.7 | 9.6 ± 0.6 | 9.6 ± 0.6 | 0.947 |
| Male | 9 (37.5%) | 12 (44.4%) | 11 (39.3%) | 0.873 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 16.8 ± 3.0 | 17.3 ± 3.1 | 16.9 ± 2.8 | 0.837 |
| Physical activity | ||||
| Number of valid days | 5.5 ± 1.5 | 5.4 ± 1.8 | 4.8 ± 1.9 | 0.262 |
| LPA (min day−1) | 201.6 ± 56.2 | 199.5 ± 39.3 | 204.1 ± 59.0 | 0.948 |
| MPA (min day−1) | 27.7 ± 9.3 | 24.5 ± 6.1 | 27.2 ± 10.2 | 0.361 |
| VPA (min day−1) | 11.4 ± 6.6 | 10.1 ± 3.0 | 12.8 ± 8.2 | 0.293 |
| Physical literacy | ||||
| Motivation and confidence | 22.8 ± 4.8 | 21.4 ± 5.0 | 22.0 ± 4.8 | 0.627 |
| Physical Competence | 14.7 ± 5.7 | 13.3 ± 3.5 | 14.6 ± 4.0 | 0.457 |
| Knowledge and Understanding | 4.5 ± 1.9 | 4.6 ± 1.3 | 4.0 ± 1.8 | 0.303 |
| Daily Behaviour | 10.5 ± 3.5 | 9.4 ± 3.2 | 10.8 ± 3.6 | 0.326 |
| Cognitive flexibility—WCST | ||||
| Total errors | 52.9 ± 18.0 | 51.4 ± 15.2 | 43.3 ± 19.2 | 0.120 |
| Perseverative errors | 8.3 ± 7.2 | 7.5 ± 2.4 | 6.9 ± 4.4 | 0.621 |
| Planning—ToL | ||||
| Total correct | 74.0 ± 12.7 | 73.3 ± 11.4 | 71.6 ± 14.4 | 0.800 |
| Total move scores | 29.0 ± 3.2 | 29.4 ± 2.5 | 27.8 ± 3.8 | 0.183 |
BMI body mass index, LPA light physical activity, MPA moderate physical activity, VPA vigorous physical activity, WCST Wisconsin card sorting test, ToL tower of London