Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS)

Model effectiveness research report last updated: 2024

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Maternal health

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Hruska, V., Darlington, G., Haines, J., & Ma, D. W.L. (2020). Parent stress as a consideration in childhood obesity prevention: Results from the Guelph Family Health Study, a pilot randomized controlled trial [Study 1: Four home visits]. Nutrients, 12(6), 1835. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu12061835

Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS)

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Outcome measure	Effect	Follow-up timing	Sample	Sample size	Intervention group	Comparison group	Group difference	Effect size	Statistical significance	Notes
Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Depressive symptoms	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	18 months after enrollment	Guelph Family Health Study (4HV) vs. comparison, Canada 2014-2018, Phase I/II sample	62 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 6.57	Unadjusted mean = 6.73	Mean difference = 0.06	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.91	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention.
Centre for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D), Depressive symptoms	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months after enrollment	Guelph Family Health Study (4HV) vs. comparison, Canada 2014-2018, Phase I/II sample	62 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 6.19	Unadjusted mean = 6.67	Mean difference = -0.60	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.65	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention.
Parenting Stress Index (PSI), Parenting distress subscale	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	18 months after enrollment	Guelph Family Health Study (4HV) vs. comparison, Canada 2014-2018, Phase I/II sample	62 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 29.74	Unadjusted mean = 30.91	Mean difference = -1.52	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.41	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention.
Parenting Stress Index (PSI), Parenting distress subscale	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months after enrollment	Guelph Family Health Study (4HV) vs. comparison, Canada 2014-2018, Phase I/II sample	62 mothers	Unadjusted mean = 27.06	Unadjusted mean = 28.13	Mean difference = -1.10	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.63	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention.

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