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Table 2 Child baseline health-related characteristics

From: Development and pilot evaluation of a mobile app on parent-child exercises to improve physical activity and psychosocial outcomes of Hong Kong Chinese children

 

Overall (n = 67)

Users (n = 52)

Non-Users (n = 15)

 

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

mean (SD)

p-value

IPAQ-SF

 Total physical activity level (MET-minutes/week)

2732.44 (2362.34)

2697.95 (2474.19)

2889.56 (1881.36)

0.828

 Time spent in vigorous and moderate activities (minutes/week)

282.86 (293.52)

285.78 (314.60)

270.91 (195.37)

0.882

CHQ-PF50

 Physical functioning

96.02(10.85)

96.9(8.55)

92.96(16.6)

0.218

 Role functioning - emotional/behavior

87.73(21.11)

89.1(19.12)

82.96(27.17)

0.325

 Role functioning - physical

95.27(13.55)

94.87(14.59)

96.67(9.34)

0.655

 Bodily pain

87.16(17.39)

87.50(16.19)

86.00(21.65)

0.771

 General behavior

76.21(16.63)

77.28(16.56)

72.50(16.88)

0.331

 Mental health

81.04(14.37)

82.12(11.13)

77.33(22.43)

0.437

 Self-esteem

70.09(13.21)

70.75(11.94)

67.78(17.21)

0.447

 General health perceptions

68.16(18.01)

69.09(17.47)

64.94(20.1)

0.437

 Parental impact: emotional

78.61(21.38)

79.65(20.17)

75.00(25.59)

0.463

 Parental impact: time

80.43(23.62)

81.2(22.28)

77.78(28.48)

0.625

 Family activities

81.03(23.05)

81.65(22.22)

78.89(26.47)

0.686

 Family cohesion

67.73(23.57)

68.82(23.14)

64.00(25.44)

0.490

 Physical Summary Score

53.19(7.69)

53.38(7.25)

52.53(9.32)

0.711

 Psychosocial Summary Score

49.21(9.28)

49.92(8.07)

46.77(12.66)

0.375

SDQ

 Emotional symptoms

1.88(1.99)

1.75(1.72)

2.33(2.74)

0.450

 Conduct problems

1.73(1.46)

1.62(1.33)

2.13(1.85)

0.230

 Hyperactivity/inattention

3.39(2.30)

3.35(2.14)

3.53(2.88)

0.784

 Peer relationship problems

2.39(2.01)

2.23(1.85)

2.93(2.46)

0.235

 Prosocial behavior

7.16(1.96)

7.19(2.02)

7.07(1.79)

0.829

 Total difficulties

9.39(5.25)

8.94(4.45)

10.93(7.4)

0.198

  1. CHQ-PF50 Child Health Questionnaire-Parent Form-50; IPAQ-SF International Physical Activity Questionnaire – Short Form; SDQ Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire