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Table 4 Early Childhood Educators’ Knowledge of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior Guidelines

From: Training may enhance early childhood educators’ self-efficacy to lead physical activity in childcare

*SPACE*
Guideline	Baseline		Post-Intervention		6-Months		12-Months		Interaction Effect^ϴ
	Control M % (SD)	Exp M % (SD)	Control M % (SD)	Exp M % (SD)	Control M % (SD)	Exp M % (SD)	Control M % (SD)	Exp M % (SD)	X²	p^c
Total Physical Activity^a	20 (41)	8 (28)	17 (38)	31 (47)	20 (41)	33 (48)	26 (45)	38 (50)	4.91	.026
Screen Time^b	12 (33)	13 (34)	14 (35)	19 (40)	10 (31)	21 (42)	5 (22)	22 (42)	1.01	.799^d
*SPACE-Extension*
Guideline	Baseline				Post-Intervention				Interaction Effect^ϴ
	Control M % (SD)		Exp M % (SD)		Control M % (SD)		Exp M % (SD)		X²	p^c
Total Physical Activity^a	15 (38)		10 (32)		0 (0)		21 (43)		3.24	.357^d
Screen Time^b	8 (28)		0 (0)		17 (41)		7 (27)		1.55	.672^d

Note. SPACE Supporting Physical Activity in the Childcare Environment; ^ϴThe interaction effect, as compared to the main effect; M % Mean percent of educators correctly recalling the guideline; SD standard deviation; Exp experimental; ^a180 minutes at any intensity per day (CSEP, 2012a); ^bShould not exceed one hour per day (CSEP, 2012b); ^cAdjusted alpha was set at 0.025 to account for multiple comparison bias; ^dInteraction model compared to null model, owing to statistically non-significant main effects model; *Significant intervention effect over time

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