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Table 3 Proportion of behaviours related to cardiovascular disease at pre-test and post-test among men and women

From: A community intervention for behaviour modification: an experience to control cardiovascular diseases in Yogyakarta, Indonesia

Health behaviour

Type of communitya

Men (n = 448)

Women (n = 547)

Pre-test (%)

Post-test (%)

p-value (McNemar)

Pre-test (%)

Post-test (%)

p-value (McNemar)

High knowledgeb

I

56

70

0.000

60

75

0.000

 

R

69

80

0.167

58

76

0.006

Positive attitudec

I

26

28

0.624

27

31

0.191

 

R

26

28

1.000

31

34

0.860

Non smokerd

I

55

53

0.302

100

100

N.A.

 

R

52

56

0.727

100

99

N.A.

Physically activee

I

55

51

0.388

51

48

0.402

R

48

61

0.169

52

39

0.090

Sufficient fruit and vegetable intakef

I

13

13

0.826

12

17

0.033

R

10

24

0.146

9

23

0.012

  1. aI = Intervention communities, number of respondents was 851; R = Referent communities, number of respondents was 144.
  2. bHigh knowledge defined as a total knowledge score ≥6 (the mean score).
  3. cPositive attitude as a total attitude score ≥36 (the mean score); positive attitude means more agreeable to behaviour change to prevent CVD.
  4. dSmoker was defined as smoking at least one cigarette per day.
  5. ePhysically active was defined as total activity time of ≥150 minutes per week.
  6. fSufficient fruit and vegetable intake was defined as eating ≥4.5 portions of fruit and/or vegetables per day.