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. 2022 Mar 17;17(9):e12915. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.12915

TABLE 2.

Summary of Romp & Chomp intervention base case and sensitivity analyses

Base case Sensitivity analysis 1: Intervention costs borne only by children aged 4 to 5 years Sensitivity analysis 2: High intervention cost estimate Sensitivity analysis 3: Worst case a Sensitivity analysis 4: 3% discount rate
Number of children intervention costs borne by 1 906 075 19 642 178 19 1 906 075 19 642 178 19 1 906 075 19
BMI effect size at age 3.5 years −0.06 kg/m2 −0.01 kg/m2 −0.06 kg/m2
Intervention costs assumptions As per Table 1

As per Table 1, except:

  • Health Promotion Officers (n = 652) employed at 1 FTE.

  • 2 h allocated to training and sweet drink demonstration by Child Carers and Preschool Teachers.

  • 1.5 h allocated for dentists to engage with parents and early childhood carers and educators training.

  • Intervention materials for participants were paper based.

  • Travel distance to ECEC settings and festivals of 31.2km 41

As per Table 1
Discount rate 5% 3%

Abbreviations: BMI, body mass index; ECEC, early childhood education and care; FTE, full‐time equivalent; kg, kilogram; km, kilometre; m, metre.

a

Lower CI of intervention effect, high‐cost estimate and intervention cost only borne by children aged 4–5 years.