Table 2 Descriptive characteristics of the recesses
School 1 | School 2 | School 3 | Average of schools | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Baseline | Intervention | Baseline | Intervention | Baseline | Intervention | Baseline | Intervention |
mean | mean | mean | mean | mean | mean | mean ± SD | mean ± SD | |
Duration (min) | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 18.2 ± 2.4 | 18.2 ± 2.4 |
Number of children | 110 | 59 | 245 | 124 | 146 | 40 | 167 ± 70 | 84 ± 35 |
Playground area (m2) | 972 | 972 | 4134 | 4314 | 1580 | 1580 | 2228.7 ± 1677.8 | 2228.7 ± 1677.8 |
Available play space per child (m2/child) | 8.9 | 16.5 | 16.9 | 33.3 | 10.8 | 22.9 | 12.2 ± 4.2 | 24.2 ± 8.5 |
Duration of the school day | 8h50 – 15h30 | 9h00-16h00 | 8h55 – 15h45 | |||||
Recess times | ||||||||
Before noon | 10h30-10h50 | 10h40-11h00 | 10h35 -10h50 | |||||
Lunch time recess | 13h00 – 13h50 | 12h10 – 13h10 | 11h55 – 13h00 | |||||
Afternoon recess | / | 14h50-15h10 | 14h40 – 14h55 | |||||
Available sports material during recess | Soccer goals/basketball hoops | Playground equipment (e.g. climbing frame) | Playground equipment (climbing frame, slide) | |||||
Box with play equipment | Box with play equipment | Box with play equipment | ||||||
Hard surface area | Field with grass | Field with grass | ||||||
Field with sand | Hard surface area | |||||||
Hard surface area | ||||||||
Physical education classes | 4th grade: Tuesday and Friday | 4th, 5th and 6th grade: | 4th grade: Tuesday | |||||
5th grade: Tuesday and | Tuesday and Friday | 5th grade: Monday | ||||||
Thursday | 6th grade: Friday | |||||||
6th grade: Thursday and | ||||||||
Friday | ||||||||