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Table 5 Baseline characteristics

From: Mindful "Vitality in Practice": an intervention to improve the work engagement and energy balance among workers; the development and design of the randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention group

(n = 129)

Control group

(n = 128)

Demographics

  

Gender, Female %

63.56

71.09

Marital status: Married or significant other, %

81.39

73.43

Education: Highly educated*, %

76.74

85.93

Age, years, m ± sd

46.0 ± 9.4

45.1 ± 9.6

Prognostic factor

  

Need for cognition, m ± sd

3.67 ± 0.51

3.75 ± 0.59

Work engagement

  

Work engagement **, m ± sd

4.09 ± 0.81

4.02 ± 0.91

Vigor, m ± sd

4.23 ± 0.83

4.11 ± 0.91

Dedication, m ± sd

4.39 ± 0.91

4.26 ± 0.96

Absorption, m ± sd

3.77 ± 0.91

3.82 ± 0.91

Energy Balance Related behaviours

  

Vigorous physical activity in leisure time, minutes per week, m ± sd

86.32 ± 158.93

51.05 ± 127.45

Not engaging in vigorous activity in leisure time, %

50.40%

69.50%

Sedentary behaviour at work, minutes per working day, m ± sd

496.74 ± 136.67

490.19 ± 113.96

Daily fruit intake in pieces, m ± sd

1.51 ± 0.95

1.44 ± 0.93

Daily vegetable intake in grams, m ± sd

183.55 ± 74.00

182.43 ± 83.36

Weight status

  

BMI, kg/m2, m ± sd

24.74 ± 3.96

24.66 ± 3.56

Underweight (≤ 18.49 kg/m2), %

0.80

0.00

Normal weight (18.50-24.99 kg/m2), %

63.40

59.40

Overweight (25.00-29.99 kg/m2), %

25.60

32.00

Obese (≥ 30.00 kg/m2), %

9.40

8.60

Waist circumference (cm), m ± sd

  

Men

91.44 ± 10.72

91.39 ± 8.67

Women

80.30 ± 10.46

80.41 ± 9.29

  1. * Higher vocational education or university ** Measured by the UWES 17 (Schaufeli & Bakker, 2003)