Baseline characteristic | Active recruitment | Passive recruitment | p value of difference |
---|---|---|---|
Number of families | 43 (37.4 %) | 72 (62.6 %) | 0.007 |
Number of parents/carers | 52 (38.0 %) | 85 (62.0 %) | 0.005 |
Number of children | 46 (35.9 %) | 82 (64.1 %) | 0.002 |
Gender of children | 0.616 | ||
Boys | 24 (52.2 %) | 39 (47.6 %) | |
Girls | 22 (47.8 %) | 43 (52.4 %) | |
Mean age of child (years) (SD) | 9.91 (1.61) | 9.18 (1.52) | 0.012 |
Mean age of parent/carer (years) (SD) | 39.59 (7.19) | 40.46 (7.86) | 0.517 |
Family typea | 0.162 | ||
Two-parent family | 20 (46.5 %) | 40 (55.6 %) | |
Single parent (mother) | 22 (51.2 %) | 24 (33.3 %) | |
Single parent (father) | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | |
Step-family | 1 (2.3 %) | 6 (8.3 %) | |
Other (e.g. living with other relative) | 0 (0 %) | 2 (2.8 %) | |
Child ethnicitya | 0.002 | ||
White | 24 (52.2 %) | 55 (67.1 %) | |
Black | 0 (0 %) | 10 (12.2 %) | |
Asian | 13 (28.3 %) | 9 (11.0 %) | |
Chinese | 0 (0 %) | 0 (0 %) | |
Mixed | 9 (19.5 %) | 7 (8.5 %) | |
Other | 0 (0 %) | 1 (1.2 %) | |
Baseline mean (SD) BMI of child | 27.02 (4.56) | 25.21 (4.13) | 0.024 |
Baseline BMI z-score (SD) of child | 2.80 (0.85) | 2.66 (0.81) | 0.273 |
Baseline mean (SD) BMI of parent/carer | 30.19 (5.93) | 33.01 (8.51) | 0.026 |
Socio-economic status n (%) | 0.361 | ||
Class 1 (higher managerial, administrative and professional occupations) | 14 (32.5 %) | 25 (34.7 %) | |
Class 2 (intermediate occupations) | 9 (20.9 %) | 10 (13.9 %) | |
Class 3 (routine and manual occupations) | 10 (23.3 %) | 26 (36.1 %) | |
Class 4 (never worked) | 10 (23.3 %) | 11 (15.3 %) | |
Families for Health Attendance (n = 56) | |||
DNAa | 3 (16.7 %) | 11 (29.0 %) | 0.169 |
Attended at least one sessiona | 15 (83.3 %) | 27 (71.0 %) | 0.169 |
Completed (at least half) | 12 (66.7 %) | 23 (60.5 %) | 0.658 |
Completed (all sessions available)a | 3 (16.67 %) | 8 (21.1 %) | 0.268 |
Usual care attendance (n = 59)b | |||
DNA | 13 (61.9 %) | 15 (48.4 %) | 0.337 |
Attended at least one session | 8 (38.1 %) | 16 (51.6 %) | 0.336 |