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Table 2 Perceptions of residents attending intervention activities: walking groups and cooking demonstrations

From: Changing the housing environment to reduce obesity in public housing residents: a cluster randomized trial

 

Walking groups

(n = 51 forms)

Cooking demonstrations

(n = 37 forms)

%

%

Difficulty of activity

 Very difficult/difficult

22

3

 Neutral

37

3

 Easy/very easy

39

92

 blank

2

3

Total time spent on activity

 Very difficult/difficult

20

3

 Neutral

39

11

 Easy/very easy

39

84

 blank

2

3

Usefulness of HLA during activity

 Not at all/slightly useful

0

3

 Somewhat useful

4

5

 Very/extremely useful

96

84

 blank

0

8

Usefulness of fellow activity participants

 Not at all/slightly useful

4

3

 Somewhat useful

6

0

 Very/extremely useful

90

89

 Blank

0

8

Physical benefits from participating in activity

 Not at all/slightly useful

2

5

 Somewhat useful

0

13

 Very/extremely useful

98

76

 Blank

0

5

Social benefits from participating in activity

 Not at all/slightly useful

2

3

 Somewhat useful

0

0

 Very/extremely useful

96

95

 Blank

2

3

Activity makes me want to try new things

 Strongly disagree/disagree

0

3

 Neutral

0

5

 Agree/strongly agree

100

84

 Blank

0

8

Activity will help me control my weight

 Strongly disagree/disagree

0

3

 Neutral

2

3

 Agree/strongly agree

94

92

 Blank

4

3