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Table 2 Changes in vitality, mental health, disability, psychosocial work environment, control and concern of pain from baseline to 10-week follow-up. Differences of each group are shown in left columns, while contrasts between the groups are listed in right columns. Values are means (95% confidence interval)

From: Psychosocial benefits of workplace physical exercise: cluster randomized controlled trial

 

Within-group difference from baseline to follow-up

Between-group difference at follow-up

 

WORK

HOME

WORK VS HOME

 

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

Mean

95% CI

P

Effect size

Mental health (0–100)

0.8

(−1.5–3.1)

0.2

(−2.3–2.7)

0.7

(−1.7–3.2)

0.5633

0.06

Vitality (0–100)

5

(2–8)

-2

(−3.7–3.1)

7

(3–10)

0.0003*

0.36

Control of pain (0–10)

−0.3

(−0.8–0.1)

0.4

(−0.2–0.9)

−0.8

(−1.3 - -0.3)

0.0035*

0.33

Concern about pain (0–10)

−0.6

(−1 - -0.2)

0.3

(−0.1–0.8)

−0.9

(−1.4 - -0.5)

<.0001*

0.33

Work disability (0–100)

−1.6

(−4.6–1.4)

0.7

(−2.7–4)

−3.1

(−6.4–0.2)

0.0635

0.20

Leisure disability (0–100)

−2.8

(−5.8–0.2)

1.1

(−2.2–4.4)

−3.9

(−7.2 - -0.7)

0.0171(*)

0.23

Emotional demands (0–100)

3

(−0.6–6.5)

1.4

(−2.4–5.3)

1.6

(−2.2–5.5)

0.4054

0.09

Influence at work (0–100)

−0.5

(−3.7–2.8)

−1.8

(−5.2–1.7)

1

(−2.4–4.5)

0.5588

0.05

Work pace (0–100)

5.1

(2.2–7.9)

−0.10

(−3.2–3.1)

4.6

(1.5–7.7)

0.0042*

0.27

Sense of community (0–100)

−2.2

(−5.1–0.8)

−0.8

(−4–2.5)

−1.2

(−4.4–1.9)

0.4432

0.07

Social support (0–100)

2.5

(−1.6–6.5)

3.50

(−0.9–8)

−0.4

(−4.8–4)

0.871

0.02

  1. HOME: Home-based physical exercise, WORK: Work-based physical exercise
  2. * denotes significant group-by-time interaction