Referrals, hospital attendance and admissions, and family health visitor visits
| Intervention group | Control group | p Value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Referred to community dietitian | 0/42 | 12/41 | < 0.001* |
| Missed ⩾ 3 outpatient appointments | 5/37 | 14/37 | 0.017† |
| Number of children admitted to hospital | 6/37 | 14/37 | 0.036† |
| Number of families with ⩾ 2 unproductive family health visitor visits‡ | 0/12 | 6/13 | 0.015* |
4-150 Fisher’s exact test; †χ2 test; ‡taken from a random sample.