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Table 3 Results from analysis of change scores using linear mixed model: mean difference scores (SE), 95% CI, and effect sizes

From: A citizen science study of short physical activity breaks at school: improvements in cognition and wellbeing with self-paced activity

Outcome

Self-paced activity vs. control

Bleep test vs. control

Self-paced vs. bleep test

Mean diff (SE)

95% CI

p value

Effect size

Mean diff (SE)

95% CI

p value

Effect size

Mean diff (SE)

95% CI

p value

Effect size

Affect

 Unadjusted

0.21 (0.07)

0.05 to 0.37

0.006

0.06

− 0.07 (0.08)

− 0.26 to 0.12

1.000

0.02

0.28 (0.07)

0.11 to 0.44

0.000

0.07

 Fully adjusted

0.21 (0.07)

0.05 to 0.38

0.005

0.06

− 0.05 (0.08)

− 0.25 to 0.14

1.000

0.01

0.27 (0.07)

0.10 to 0.44

0.001

0.07

Alertness

 Unadjusted

0.32 (0.04)

0.22 to 0.41

0.000

0.15

0.13 (0.05)

0.02 to 0.23

0.014

0.06

0.19 (0.04)

0.10 to 0.28

0.000

0.08

 Fully adjusted

0.31 (0.04)

0.22 to 0.41

0.000

0.15

0.13 (0.05)

0.02 to 0.23

0.017

0.05

0.19 (0.04)

0.09 to 0.28

0.000

0.09

Inhibition adj

 Unadjusted

− 28.03 (3.42)

− 36.22 to − 19.84

0.000

0.17

6.63 (3.67)

− 2.15 to 15.42

0.211

0.04

− 34.66 (3.25)

− 42.45 to − 26.88

0.000

0.22

 Fully adjusted

− 27.93 (3.44)

− 36.16 to − 19.70

0.000

0.17

6.48 (3.70)

− 2.39 to 15.35

0.240

0.04

− 34.41 (3.29)

− 42.29 to − 26.54

0.000

0.22

Verbal WM

 Unadjusted

1.77 (0.36)

0.91 to 2.64

0.000

0.10

− 0.45 (0.40)

− 1.40 to 0.50

0.777

0.02

2.22 (0.37)

1.34 to 3.11

0.000

0.13

 Fully adjusted

1.74 (0.36)

0.87 to 2.61

0.000

0.10

− 0.38 (0.40)

− 1.34 to 0.59

1.000

0.02

2.12 (0.38)

1.23 to 3.02

0.000

0.12

Visual-spatial WM

 Unadjusted

− 1.81 (0.94)

− 4.06 to 0.45

0.165

0.04

0.91 (1.01)

− 1.52 to 3.34

1.000

0.02

− 2.72 (0.92)

− 4.92 to − 0.51

0.010

0.06

 Fully adjusted

− 1.89 (0.95)

− 4.15 to 0.38

0.140

0.04

0.62 (1.02)

− 1.84 to 3.07

1.000

0.01

− 2.50 (0.93)

− 4.73 to − 0.28

0.021

0.06

  1. Fully adjusted models include age, sex, SES, and all interaction terms
  2. Inhibition adj inhibition reaction time adjusted for errors, Verbal WM verbal working memory: total number of words, Visual-spatial WM visual-spatial working memory: actual adjusted for optimum