Table 3.
Associations between changes to the home environment and changes in the home-based behavioural outcomes
| Dependent variable | TPA a | MVPA a | Sitting a | Sitting breaks a | Standing a | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PA equipment quantity | B (SE) | – | – | -0.08 (0.05) | – | 0.09 (0.03) |
| β | – | – | -0.19 | – | 0.30 | |
| P | – | – | 0.09 | – | < 0.01* | |
| Media equipment quantity | B (SE) | – | – | – | -0.10 (0.05) | – |
| β | – | – | – | -0.20 | – | |
| P | – | – | – | 0.05* | – | |
| Child activity preferences | B (SE) | 1.57 (0.53) | 0.68 (0.22) | -1.89 (0.80) | – | 0.71 (0.47) |
| β | 0.26 | 0.26 | -0.25 | – | 0.14 | |
| P | < 0.01* | < 0.01* | 0.02* | – | 0.14 | |
| Child social preferences | B (SE) | 0.30 (0.32) | – | -1.02 (0.42) | 0.22 (0.12) | 0.54 (0.29) |
| β | 0.08 | – | -0.23 | 0.14 | 0.18 | |
| P | 0.36 | – | 0.02* | 0.08 | 0.06 | |
| Outdoor safety rules | B (SE) | – | – | – | – | -0.38 (0.28) |
| β | – | – | – | – | -0.13 | |
| P | – | – | – | – | 0.19 | |
| Indoor play rules | B (SE) | – | – | 0.62 (0.57) | – | – |
| β | – | – | 0.10 | – | – | |
| P | – | – | 0.28 | – | – | |
| Importance of electronic media equipment at home | B (SE) | – | – | 1.03 (0.81) | – | -0.58 (0.51) |
| β | – | – | 0.14 | – | -0.12 | |
| P | – | – | 0.21 | – | 0.26 | |
| Importance of active play equipment at home | B (SE) | – | – | – | 0.14 (0.16) | – |
| β | – | – | – | 0.08 | – | |
| P | – | – | – | 0.41 | – | |
| Max h/day of screen-time (instated) | B (SE) | – | – | – | – | -0.09 (0.85) |
| β | – | – | – | – | -0.02 | |
| P | – | – | – | – | 0.92 | |
| Max h/day of screen-time rule (removed) | B (SE) | – | – | – | – | 1.87 (1.12) |
| β | – | – | – | – | 0.49 | |
| P | – | – | – | – | 0.10 | |
| Attending school (ref: No) | ||||||
| Sometimes | B (SE) | -2.16 (0.78) | -0.73 (0.33) | – | – | – |
| β | -0.49 | -0.38 | – | – | – | |
| P | 0.01* | 0.03* | – | – | – | |
| Parent 1 working from home (ref: No) | ||||||
| Sometimes | B (SE) | – | – | 1.50 (1.78) | -0.61 (0.49) | – |
| β | – | – | 0.27 | -0.31 | – | |
| P | – | – | 0.40 | -0.22 | – | |
| A few hours per day | B (SE) | – | – | 1.41 (1.84) | -0.17 (0.58) | – |
| β | – | – | 0.25 | -0.09 | – | |
| P | – | – | 0.45 | 0.77 | – | |
| Full time | B (SE) | – | – | 2.73 (1.45) | -0.76 (0.42) | – |
| β | – | – | 0.49 | -0.39 | – | |
| P | – | – | 0.06 | 0.08 | – | |
| R2 (adjusted R2): | 0.51 (0.40) | 0.52 (0.42) | 0.52 (0.37) | 0.59 (0.49) | 0.52 (0.37) | |
Final model including all significant variables from model 2 (p = ≤ 0.10), adjusting for child BMI, age and sex, and season, number of siblings, home ownership, WIMD and dog ownership
a Home-based behavioural outcomes
* p ≤ 0.0