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Table 4 Caregiver self-reported use of individual intervention strategies at 6 months (n = 127)

From: Screen Time Weight-loss Intervention Targeting Children at Home (SWITCH): process evaluation of a randomised controlled trial intervention

Question

Number

Percent

Did you use any of the following parts of the programme?

Praise and positive reinforcement (face-to-face meeting)

 Never

6

4.7

 Rarely

8

6.3

 Sometimes

24

18.9

 Often

53

41.7

 Always

16

12.6

 Missing

20

15.8

Re-arranging the home environment (face-to-face meeting)

 Never

29

22.8

 Rarely

15

11.8

 Sometimes

34

26.8

 Often

19

15.0

 Always

10

7.9

 Missing

20

15.8

TV time budgeting (face-to-face meeting)

 Never

25

19.7

 Rarely

9

7.1

 Sometimes

37

29.1

 Often

27

21.3

 Always

9

7.1

 Missing

20

15.8

Encouraging alternative activities (face-to-face meeting)

 Never

5

3.9

 Rarely

3

2.4

 Sometimes

25

19.7

 Often

49

38.6

 Always

25

19.7

 Missing

20

15.8

Family support and role modelling (face-to-face meeting)

 Never

7

5.5

 Rarely

10

7.9

 Sometimes

38

29.9

 Often

37

29.1

 Always

15

11.8

 Missing

20

15.8

Contingency management (newsletter)

 Never

13

10.2

 Rarely

16

12.6

 Sometimes

42

33.1

 Often

27

21.3

 Always

9

7.1

 Missing

20

15.8

Shaping the desired behaviour in gradual steps (newsletter)

 Never

10

7.9

 Rarely

12

9.5

 Sometimes

41

32.3

 Often

29

22.8

 Always

15

11.8

 Missing

20

15.8

Setting rules for TV/computer use (newsletter)

 Never

8

6.3

 Rarely

2

1.6

 Sometimes

24

18.9

 Often

44

34.7

 Always

29

22.8

 Missing

20

15.8

Switch off challenges (newsletter)

 Never

25

19.7

 Rarely

23

18.1

 Sometimes

32

25.2

 Often

18

14.2

 Always

9

7.1

 Missing

20

15.8