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Table 1 Comparison of those with poor and positive well-being at baseline a

From: Change in well-being amongst participants in a four-month pedometer-based workplace health program

 

Poor well-being (Mean ± SD or Percentage)

Positive well-being (Mean ± SD or Percentage)

P-valueb

n

103

304

-

DEMOGRAPHICS

   

Age (year)

39 ± 9

43 ± 10

0.004

Malec

42.7

44.1

0.7

Completion of tertiary educationc

84.5

79.3

0.2

Marital status

   

 Married or de facto

68.0

71.1

0.5

 Widowed, separated or divorced

10.7

10.2

 

 Never married

21.4

18.8

 

BASELINE MEASURES

   

Prior GCC® Participationc

19.4

24.3

0.3

Motivation for participation

Healthc

78.6

64.5

0.003

To look my bestc

68.0

59.2

0.1

Fitnessc

73.8

64.8

0.1

Colleaguesc

56.3

59.5

0.6

Friends or familyc

1.9

2.3

0.8

Behavioural measures

   

Fruit Intakec (meeting guidelines)

22.3

37.2

<0.001

Vegetable Intakec (meeting guidelines)

15.5

16.8

0.7

Alcoholc (meeting guidelines)

40.8

42.1

0.8

Non smokerc

92.2

91.8

0.9

Physical activityc (meeting guidelines)

28.2

46.7

<0.001

Sitting time (hrs per day)

   

 Weekday

8.7 ± 4.0

8.2 ± 3.5

0.2

 Weekend

5.6 ± 2.9

5.3 ± 2.9

0.2

Psychosocial measures

  

Well-being

32.9 ± 13.1

69.3 ± 9.8

<0.001

Well-beingc (positive category)

0.0

100.0

-

Health related quality of life (SF-12)

   

 Mental health component

38.6 ± 11.0

53.0 ± 6.1

<0.001

 Physical health component

50.5 ± 8.7

51.2 ± 6.9

0.5

Anthropometric measures

   

Systolic blood pressure (mmHg)

118.1 ± 12.9

119.6 ± 14.4

0.4

Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg)

79.6 ± 9.2

80.2 ± 10.3

0.6

Heart rate (beats per minute)

68.6 ± 8.5

68.4 ± 10.6

0.8

Weight (kg)

80.8 ± 17.4

76.7 ± 15.2

0.2

Body mass index (kg/m2)

27.5 ± 5.0

26.7 ± 4.7

0.3

Waist circumference

90.6 ± 13.0

88.0 ± 12.2

0.2

STEP DATA

   

Steps average (per day)

11,223 ± 3,515

12,066 ± 3,844

0.06

Meeting 10,000 steps on averagec (per day)

63.7

71.7

0.04

  1. aRestricted to participants who attended baseline, four-month and twelve-month data collection.
  2. bBold highlights statistically significant results.
  3. cThe reference group for this binary variable is ‘no’. The reference group data is not shown.
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