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Table 4 Participant characteristics by arm

From: A cluster RCT and process evaluation of an implementation optimisation intervention to promote parental engagement enrolment and attendance in a childhood obesity prevention programme: results of the Optimising Family Engagement in HENRY (OFTEN) trial

 

Pre-randomisation

Follow-up

 

Centres subsequently allocated to HENRY alone (n = 438)

Centres subsequently allocated to HENRY + optimisation intervention (n = 443)

Total (n = 881)

Centres delivering HENRY alone (n = 213)

Centres delivering HENRY + optimisation intervention (n = 220)

Total (n = 433)

Parent gender

 Male

13 (3.0%)

9 (2.0%)

22 (2.5%)

8 (3.8%)

3 (1.4%)

11 (2.5%)

 Female

219 (50.0%)

215 (48.5%)

434 (49.3%)

120 (56.3%)

112 (50.9%)

232 (53.6%)

 Prefer not to say

4 (0.9%)

4 (0.9%)

8 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.9%)

2 (0.5%)

 Missing

202 (46.1%)

215 (48.5%)

417 (47.3%)

85 (39.9%)

103 (46.8%)

188 (43.4%)

Parent age

 18

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 18–25 yrs

46 (10.5%)

36 (8.1%)

82 (9.3%)

20 (9.4%)

16 (7.3%)

36 (8.3%)

 25–64 yrs

185 (42.2%)

185 (41.8%)

370 (42.0%)

107 (50.2%)

99 (45.0%)

206 (47.6%)

 65 yrs+

2 (0.5%)

2 (0.5%)

4 (0.5%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.2%)

 Prefer not to say

3 (0.7%)

5 (1.1%)

8 (0.9%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.5%)

2 (0.5%)

 Missing

202 (46.1%)

215 (48.5%)

417 (47.3%)

85 (39.9%)

103 (46.8%)

188 (43.4%)

Number of childrena

n = 232

n = 282

n = 514

n = 183

n = 169

n = 352

 < 1 yrsa

65 (28.0%)

68 (24.1%)

133 (25.9%)

43 (23.5%)

34 (20.1%)

77 (21.9%)

 1 yrsa

59 (25.4%)

71 (25.2%)

130 (25.3%)

41 (22.4%)

38 (22.5%)

79 (22.4%)

 2 yrsa

34 (14.7%)

43 (15.2%)

77 (15.0%)

29 (15.8%)

31 (18.3%)

60 (17.0%)

 3 yrsa

34 (14.7%)

36 (12.8%)

70 (13.6%)

28 (15.3%)

29 (17.2%)

57 (16.2%)

 4 yrsa

27 (11.6%)

38 (13.5%)

65 (12.6%)

25 (13.7%)

15 (8.9%)

40 (11.4%)

 5 yrsa

13 (5.6%)

26 (9.2%)

39 (7.6%)

17 (9.3%)

22 (13.0%)

39 (11.1%)

Ethnicity

 African

7 (1.6%)

15 (3.4%)

22 (2.5%)

8 (3.8%)

5 (2.3%)

13 (3.0%)

 Arab

1 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.9%)

2 (0.5%)

 Bangladeshi

2 (0.5%)

9 (2.0%)

11 (1.2%)

2 (0.9%)

3 (1.4%)

5 (1.2%)

 Black UK

5 (1.1%)

1 (0.2%)

6 (0.7%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.5%)

2 (0.5%)

 Caribbean

1 (0.2%)

6 (1.4%)

7 (0.8%)

2 (0.9%)

2 (0.9%)

4 (0.9%)

 Chinese

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.5%)

3 (0.3%)

2 (0.9%)

0 (0.0%)

2 (0.5%)

 English/Scottish/Welsh/Northern Irish/UK

181 (41.3%)

146 (33.0%)

327 (37.1%)

75 (35.2%)

61 (27.7%)

136 (31.4%)

 Gypsy or Irish traveller

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.1%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Indian

6 (1.4%)

4 (0.9%)

10 (1.1%)

4 (1.9%)

1 (0.5%)

5 (1.2%)

 Irish

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.5%)

1 (0.2%)

 Mixed ethnic background

2 (0.5%)

2 (0.5%)

4 (0.5%)

7 (3.3%)

2 (0.9%)

9 (2.1%)

 Pakistani

3 (0.7%)

12 (2.7%)

15 (1.7%)

5 (2.3%)

11 (5.0%)

16 (3.7%)

 Any other Asian background

5 (1.1%)

1 (0.2%)

6 (0.7%)

3 (1.4%)

1 (0.5%)

4 (0.9%)

 Any other Black/African/Caribbean background

1 (0.2%)

1 (0.2%)

2 (0.2%)

2 (0.9%)

2 (0.9%)

4 (0.9%)

 Any other White background

13 (3.0%)

13 (2.9%)

26 (3.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

0 (0.0%)

 Any other ethnic group

3 (0.7%)

3 (0.7%)

6 (0.7%)

0 (0.0%)

9 (4.1%)

9 (2.1%)

 Prefer not to say

5 (1.1%)

12 (2.7%)

17 (1.9%)

7 (3.3%)

5 (2.3%)

12 (2.8%)

 Missing

202 (46.1%)

215 (48.5%)

417 (47.3%)

95 (44.6%)

114 (51.8%)

209 (48.3%)

How did parents hear about the HENRY programme?

 Family and friends

10 (2.3%)

4 (0.9%)

14 (1.6%)

9 (4.2%)

5 (2.3%)

14 (3.2%)

 Leaflet

10 (2.3%)

15 (3.4%)

25 (2.8%)

14 (6.6%)

10 (4.5%)

24 (5.5%)

 Poster

5 (1.1%)

2 (0.5%)

7 (0.8%)

7 (3.3%)

2 (0.9%)

9 (2.1%)

 Professional

63 (14.4%)

46 (10.4%)

109 (12.4%)

89 (41.8%)

74 (33.6%)

163 (37.6%)

 Website

2 (0.5%)

1 (0.2%)

3 (0.3%)

1 (0.5%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.2%)

 Other

10 (2.3%)

18 (4.1%)

28 (3.2%)

8 (3.8%)

15 (6.8%)

23 (5.3%)

 Missing

338 (77.2%)

357 (80.6%)

695 (78.9%)

85 (39.9%)

114 (51.8%)

199 (46.0%)

  1. aCollected as the number of children of each age per parent, numbers reported therefore total more than the number of parents pre-randomisation/follow-up
  2. bRoutine data were missing for 417 parents pre-randomisation and 188 parents at follow-up