Table 6 Differences for change in educators’ strategies and barriers related to physical activity and sedentary behaviour in childcare settings (follow-up vs. baseline) between groups (accreditation vs. control)
Subscales | Groupsa | Baseline | Follow-up | Follow-up vs. baseline | Group*time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Estimated marginal mean (SE)b | Mean difference (SE) | B (95%CI)c | P value | |||
Strategies to support regular physical activity | Accreditation (n = 33) | 4.40 (0.07) | 4.53 (0.08) | 0.13 (0.07) | 0.13(−0.05,0.32) | 0.151 |
Control (n = 39) | 4.25 (0.07) | 4.24 (0.07) | −0.002 (0.06) | |||
Strategies to limit extended periods of sedentary behaviour | Accreditation (n = 33) | 4.20 (0.10) | 4.01 (0.13) | −0.19 (0.13) | −0.29(− 0.62,0.05) | 0.092 |
Control (n = 39) | 4.00 (0.09) | 4.09 (0.11) | 0.09 (0.11) | |||
Strategies to limit screen time | Accreditation(n = 32) | 4.35 (0.17) | 4.35 (0.14) | −0.22 (0.21) | −0.27(− 0.82,0.27) | 0.323 |
Control (n = 39) | 4.25 (0.12) | 4.30 (0.15) | 0.05 (0.18) | |||
Barriers in supporting regular physical activity | Accreditation (n = 33) | 2.27 (0.13) | 2.08 (0.20) | −0.19 (0.22) | −0.37(− 0.95,0.20) | 0.202 |
Control (n = 39) | 2.06 (0.12) | 2.25 (0.16) | 0.18 (0.19) | |||
Barriers in limiting extended periods of sedentary behaviour | Accreditation (n = 33) | 2.15 (0.11) | 1.92 (0.19) | −0.23 (0.20) | −0.37(− 0.88,0.15) | 0.160 |
Control (n = 39) | 1.78 (0.10) | 1.92 (0.16) | 0.14 (0.17) | |||
Barriers in limiting screen time | Accreditation (n = 31) | 1.79 (0.09) | 1.86 (0.19) | 0.07 (0.20) | −0.03(−0.54,0.48) | 0.905 |
Control (n = 38) | 1.30 (0.15) | 1.20 (0.08) | 0.10 (0.16) | |||