Table 2 Feasibility of the study protocol1
Components and main indicators | Maternity clinics | Child health clinics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Intervention | Control | Intervention | Control | Total | |
1) Recruitment and participation | |||||
Aim for recruitment achieved within three months (40 of participants per group, 160 in total) | yes | no | no | no | no |
Participation rate of eligible women (%) | 73 | 77 | 78 | 85 | 77 |
Drop-out rate of participants (%) | 29 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 15 |
2) Completion of data collection | |||||
Proportion of data obtained on weight, physical activity and diet (%) | 96 | 100 | 99 | 100 | 99 |
Proportion of blood samples obtained (%) | 98 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 96 |
3) Realization of the intervention | |||||
Realization rate of counselling sessions (%)2 | 98 | 98 | 98 | ||
Duration (min) of counselling sessions, mean (sd) | All mean durations were within allocated time2 | ||||
Primary sessions | 24.0 (4.7) | 25.9 (8.3) | |||
Booster sessions | 10.4 (3.6) | 10.5 (3.3) | |||
Proportion of women completing ≥ 75% of the weekly records for both physical activity and diet (%)3 | 87 | 85 | 86 | ||
Participation percentage in group exercise sessions (mean, sd) | 38.6 (28.3) | 50.7 (28.5) | 45.1 (28.7) | ||