Evaluating the effects of the Lunchtime Enjoyment Activity and Play (LEAP) school playground intervention on children’s quality of life, enjoyment and participation in physical activity

Table 2 Baseline demographic variables, objective and self-report measures of quality of life, enjoyment and physical activity

Baseline characteristics		Intervention school	Control school	p ¹
		(n = 123)	(n = 152)
Demographics
Boy (%)		53.7	46.7	0.05
Age (Years) (Mean (SD))		7.0 (1.9)	8.2 (2.1)	<0.001
Age (Years) (%)				<0.001
5-7		65.0	40.6
8-9		20.3	31.4
10-12		14.6	28.1
Objective measures of physical activity
Pedometer Mean (SD)	Steps per minute	62.2 (20.2)	53.0 (17.2)	<0.001
Pedometer Mean (SD)	Distance per minute (metres)	41.9 (17.1)	38.8 (15.3)	0.14
Self-reported measures				p ²
PEDS QL 4.0 [57] Median (IQR)	Physical health scale quality of life	78.1 (62.5-90.6)	87.5 (75.0-93.8)	<0.001
	Psychosocial scale quality of life	73.3 (61.7-85.0)	78.3 (68.3-88.3)	0.20
	Overall quality of life	76.9 (62.1-85.8)	83.4 (70.8-90.8)	0.04
PACES Survey [64] Median (IQR)	Enjoyment of physical activity	4.5 (4.2-4.9)	4.5 (4.1-4.8)	0.38
LEAP Questionnaire [56] Median (IQR)	Intra-personal level enjoyment	4.3 (3.8-4.6)	4.1 (3.7-4.5)	0.31
	Inter-personal level enjoyment	5.0 (4.5-5.0)	5.0 (4.5-5.0)	0.59
	Physical environment/policy level enjoyment	4.1 (3.8-4.4)	4.1 (3.7-4.5)	0.95

¹ p values are based on independent sample t-test for continuous normal data and Chi-square test for categorical data; ² p values are based on Mann Whitney U test for non-normal data; IQR = Interquartile Range; SD = Standard Deviation; % = Percentage.

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