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Table 3 Intervention effect on screen-time behaviours per intervention stage and the whole intervention period

From: School-based intervention on healthy behaviour among Ecuadorian adolescents: effect of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on screen-time

Screen-time

Intervention effect after first intervention stage (0 to 18 months)a

Intervention effect after second intervention stage (18 to 28 months)a

 

Intervention effect considering baseline and last follow-up measurementsd

Overall intervention effect considering three measurementse

 

β [95 % CI]

Pb

β [95 % CI]

Pb

ICCc

β [95 % CI]

Pb

ICCc

β [95 % CI]

Pb

ICCc

TV on a weekday (min/day)

−15.66 [−26.1, −5.22]

0.003

13.10 [2.00, 24.20]

0.02

0.08

−2.52 [−13.44, 8.68]

0.66

0.07

−7.84 [−17.92, 2.52]

0.14

0.08

TV on a weekend (min/day)

−18.90 [−32.04, −5.58]

0.005

9.80 [−4.50, 24.10]

0.18

0.00

−10.36 [−23.8, 2.8]

0.12

0.00

−14.84 [−27.44, −2.52]

0.02

0.00

Video games on a weekday (min/day)

−0.72 [−5.94, 4.32]

0.76

5.90 [−1.00, 12.80]

0.10

0.00

5.88 [−0.84, 12.6]

0.08

0.00

3.92 [−1.68, 9.52]

0.18

0.00

Video games on a weekend day (min/day)

−1.80 [−10.44, 6.84]

0.68

0.30 [−9.20, 9.70]

0.96

0.01

−3.08 [−11.76, 5.6]

0.50

0.01

−2.80 [−10.64, 5.32]

0.52

0.01

Computer on a weekday (min/day)

1.80 [−8.64, 12.24]

0.74

3.10 [−8.10, 14.20]

0.59

0.08

3.92 [−8.4, 16.52]

0.52

0.06

4.48 [−7.84, 16.8]

0.48

0.07

Computer on a weekend day (min/day)

−3.42 [−16.38, 9.54]

0.60

0.30 [−12.70, 13.30]

0.96

0.08

−6.44 [−20.72, 7.84]

0.37

0.07

−5.04 [−19.32, 8.96]

0.48

0.07

Total screen-time on a weekday (min/day)

−14.22 [−30.78, 2.52]

0.10

21.40 [2.10, 40.70]

0.03

0.04

7.22 [−12.88, 27.44]

0.48

0.03

0.56 [−17.64, 19.04]

0.95

0.03

Total screen-time on a weekend day (min/day)

−25.92 [−48.96, −3.06]

0.03

9.60 [−14.40, 33.60]

0.43

0.02

−22.42 [−47.04, 2.24]

0.07

0.02

−25.20 [−47.88, −2.8]

0.03

0.02

Proportion of adolescents who exceed 180 min/day on screen-time behaviours

−0.04 [−0.09, 0.01]

0.01

0.00 [−0.05, 0.05]

0.98

0.00

−0.05 [−0.10, 0.00]

0.06

0.01

−0.06 [−0.10, −0.01]

0.01

0.00

  1. TV Television
  2. aThe spline regression was used to assess the effect of intervention effect over the time. The knot was the mean time for the first follow-up (18 months)
  3. bThe models were adjusted by adolescents’ BMI z-score, socio-economic status and gender
  4. cIntracluster correlation coefficient
  5. dThe multilevel modeling included the measurements at baseline and follow-up at 28 months
  6. eThe multilevel modeling included the measurements at baseline, follow-up at 18 months and follow-up at 28 months