Table 5 Change in parent and child outcomes from baseline to post intervention for participants in the Parents Working Together intervention

Parenting self-efficacy

Range of possible scores: 22–88

73.1 (5.4)

77.7 (7.0)

4.6 (-1.5,10.7)

0.12

General parenting strategies

Range of possible scores: 1–5

Warmth

3.7 (0.5)

3.9 (0.4)

0.2 (-0.1,0.5)

0.19

Follow through with discipline

2.4 (0.7)

2.3 (0.8)

-0.1 (-0.5,0.4)

0.73

General stress

0.3 (0.5)

0.0 (0.0)

-0.3 (-0.6,0.1)

0.17

Range of possible scores: 0–3

Self-reported Stress

7.1 (2.7)

5.7 (3.2)

-1.4 (-4.2,1.4)

0.28

Range of possible scores: 1–10

Feeding behaviours

Range of possible scores: 1–4

Food as reward

2.3 (0.5)

2.4 (0.5)

0.1 (-0.2,0.4)

0.35

Food restriction

2.7 (0.6)

3.0 (0.5)

0.3 (0.7,0.5)

0.02

Pressure to eat

2.6 (0.5)

2.4 (0.7)

-0.2 (-0.7,0.3)

0.37

Work-family conflict

Range of possible scores: 1–5

Work interferes with family

2.4 (0.5)

2.3 (1.3)

-0.1 (-1.3,1.1)

0.86

Family interferes with work

2.4 (0.3)

1.8 (1.2)

-0.6 (-1.6,0.3)

0.16

Sugar sweetened beverage intake (servings/day)

1.0 (1.1)

0.7 (0.4)

-0.3 (-1.4,0.6)

0.41

TV duration (hours/day)

2.3 (1.0)

2.1 (0.8)

-0.1 (-0.8,0.5)

0.67

Sleep duration (hours/day)

7.5 (0.7)

7.4 (1.2)

-0.1 (-0.8,0.7)

0.84

Sugar sweetened beverage intake (servings/day)

1.3 (1.4)

1.0 (0.9)

-0.3 (-1.6,1.0)

0.60

TV duration (hours/day)

2.3 (0.8)

2.2 (0.7)

-0.1 (-0.3,0.2)

0.43

Sleep duration (hours/day)

10.8 (0.5)

11.0 (0.6)

0.2 (-0.1,0.5)

0.15

Active play (minutes/day)

84.1 (33.0)

89.8 (27.4)

5.7 (-18.2, 29.5)

0.60

Outdoor play (minutes/day)

83.6 (39.7)

92.5 (35.1)

8.9 (-27.0, 44.8)

0.55