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Table 3 Mean effectiveness outcomes by group over 12 months

From: Cost-effectiveness of a national exercise referral programme for primary care patients in Wales: results of a randomised controlled trial

Outcomes at 12 month follow-up

Intervention group

Control group

Significance*

 

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

p

**EQ5D score (0-1)

0.64 (0.32) n=395

0.61 (0.32) n=391

0.09

Exercise per week

305.96 min (386.5) n=298

305.8 min (393.3) n=279

0.7

Adherence

   

  Did not attend

30 (8%)

  

  Attended <16 wks

123 (32%)

  

  Attended 16 wks

247 (62%)

  

Level of adherence to NERS by variable

Did not attend

0-16 week

Completed

  

N (%)

N %)

N (%)

Referral type

CHD risk

20 (7)

84 (27)

203 (66)

 

MH

0

4 (31)

9 (69)

 

Both

10 (12)

35 (44)

35 (44)

Gender

Male

15 (11)

31 (33)

89 (66)

 

Female

15 (5)

92 (35)

158 (60)

Age

<44

5 (7)

25 (36)

39 (57)

 

45-59

10 (7)

50 (27)

75 (56)

 

>60

15 (8)

48 (24)

133 (68)

WIMD

Low

7 (5)

49 (35)

84 (60)

 

Medium

13 (10)

37 (28)

84 (63)

 

High

9 (8)

29 (26)

73 (66)

  1. *The difference is significant (p < 0.05) according to Mann–Whitney test.
  2. **EQ-5D (L3).