Guelph Family Health Study (GFHS)

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Positive parenting practices

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Haines, J., Douglas, S., Mirotta, J. A., O’Kane, C., Breau, R., Walton, K., Krystia, O., Chamoun, E., Annis, A., Darlington, G. A., Buchholz, A. C., Duncan, A. M., Vallis, L. A., Spriet, L. L., Mutch, D. M., Brauer, P., Allen-Vercoe, E., Taveras, E. M., Ma, D. W. L., & the Guelph Family Health Study. (2018). Guelph Family Health Study: Pilot study of a home-based obesity prevention intervention [Study 1: Four home visits]. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 109(4), 549–560. https://doi.org/10.17269/s41997-018-0072-3

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
Frequency of family meals over the past week - 7 or more times	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months after enrollment	Guelph Family Health Study 4 home visits vs. control, Guelph Ontario, 2014-2016, Phase I sample	28 families	Unadjusted proportion = 0.57	Unadjusted proportion = 0.55	Odds ratio = 0.36	HomVEE calculated = -0.62	Not statistically significant, p= 0.66	Submitted by barbara on Fri, 04/12/2019 - 18:55 HomVEE calculated the effect size based on the study-reported odds ratio.

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
Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS), Household chaos	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	18 months after enrollment	Guelph Family Health Study (4HV) vs. comparison, Canada 2014-2018, Phase I/II sample	60 families	Unadjusted mean = 30.57	Unadjusted mean = 33.00	Mean difference = -2.22	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.14	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention.
Confusion, Hubbub, and Order Scale (CHAOS), Household chaos	FavorableUnfavorable or ambiguousNo Effect	6 months after enrollment	Guelph Family Health Study (4HV) vs. comparison, Canada 2014-2018, Phase I/II sample	60 families	Unadjusted mean = 30.89	Unadjusted mean = 31.74	Mean difference = -0.74	Not available	Not statistically significant, p= 0.57	Submitted by user on Fri, 03/15/2019 - 14:29 Negative effect is favorable to the intervention.

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