A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Blended Physical Literacy Intervention to Support Physical Activity and Health of Primary School Children

Sports Medicine - Open

Table 2 Characteristics and interventional interaction effects on primary outcomes; Mean ± SD 1

Outcome	Post-intervention			Group* time p value	Effect size	Follow-up			Group* time p value	Effect size
Outcome	SSPlay	Play	CG	Group* time p value	Effect size	SSPlay	Play	CG	Group* time p value	Effect size
Physical activity
LPA (min day⁻¹)	216.3 ± 40.4	209.7 ± 42.8	195.8 ± 40.1	0.23	0.04	203.8 ± 42.9	191.2 ± 44.5	191.1 ± 31.7	0.70	0.01
MPA (min day⁻¹)	32.7 ± 10.8	26.9 ± 7.2	26.7 ± 10.8	0.16	0.05	26.4 ± 10.1	22.9 ± 8.0	25.9 ± 8.3	0.85	0.004
VPA (min day⁻¹)	13.8 ± 6.1	11.4 ± 3.8	11.9 ± 8.6	0.23	0.04	12.1 ± 8.0	9.2 ± 3.1	11.7 ± 7.2	0.45	0.02
Physical literacy
Motivation and confidence	23.1 ± 5.1	22.0 ± 5.9	21.7 ± 4.8	0.83	0.01	22.7 ± 4.7	21.7 ± 4.8	22.6 ± 5.3	0.82	0.01
Physical Competence	17.9 ± 6.2	18.3 ± 4.3	17.0 ± 4.5	0.02*	0.11	17.4 ± 4.6	15.8 ± 4.0	17.0 ± 4.6	0.90	0.003
Knowledge and Understanding	6.8 ± 1.3	6.6 ± 1.9	6.2 ± 1.9	0.88	0.004	6.3 ± 1.5	6.0 ± 1.8	5.5 ± 2.0	0.82	0.01
Daily Behaviour	12.3 ± 5.2	12.3 ± 4.5	10.4 ± 3.9	0.004*	0.14	8.8 ± 3.3	8.5 ± 3.2	9.8 ± 4.5	0.77	0.01
Cognitive flexibility—WCST
Total errors	28.9 ± 15.9	38.2 ± 19.1	30.2 ± 18.7	0.07	0.07	20.7 ± 14.3	29.8 ± 16.1	26.4 ± 17.4	0.71	0.01
Perseverative errors	5.5 ± 2.1	6.4 ± 2.3	7.1 ± 3.4	0.21	0.04	5.3 ± 1.8	6.0 ± 2.1	5.6 ± 2.1	0.44	0.02
Planning—ToL
Total correct	76.2 ± 12.7	76.8 ± 11.0	81.3 ± 13.8	0.39	0.03	76.8 ± 14.4	81.9 ± 14.2	77.5 ± 15.3	0.80	0.01
Total move scores	30.0 ± 3.3	27.9 ± 3.9	26.1 ± 5.0	0.16	0.05	31.0 ± 3.9	29.5 ± 3.3	29.9 ± 4.0	0.23	0.04

SD standard deviation, LPA light physical activity, MPA moderate physical activity, VPA vigorous physical activity, WCST Wisconsin card sorting test, ToL tower of London
*p < 0.05 for time versus group interaction