General practice referral of ‘at risk’ populations to community leisure services: applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate the impact of a community-based physical activity programme for inactive adults with long-term conditions

Table 2 Comparison of participant characteristics at baseline according to programme participation

Characteristic	Total sample (N = 602)		Participants (N = 326) ^a		Non-participants (N = 276) ^a		p ^b
Characteristic	N	%	N	%	N	%	p ^b
Sex
Female	379	63.0	204	62.6	174	63.3	0.87
Age
18–34	17	2.8	6	1.8	11	4.0	0.01
35–50	42	7.0	14	4.3	28	10.2
51–69	229	38.0	125	38.3	104	37.8
70 or above	309	51.3	180	55.2	128	46.5
Body Mass Index (BMI)
25 or under	52	8.6	34	10.4	18	6.5	0.20
26–29	134	22.3	70	21.5	64	23.3
30 or above	369	61.3	193	59.2	175	63.6
Ethnicity
White	580	96.3	318	97.5	261	94.9	0.84
Mixed ethnic group	3	0.5	1	0.3	0	0.0
Black British	1	0.2	1	0.3	2	0.7
Asian	2	0.3	1	0.3	1	0.4
Asian British	2	0.3	1	0.3	1	0.4
Other	4	0.7	1	0.3	3	1.1
Education
Degree/degree level qualification	128	21.3	76	23.3	52	18.9	0.15
A level or equivalent	50	8.3	24	7.4	26	9.5
Professional qualification^c	166	27.6	77	23.6	88	32.0
O level passes/GCSE passes or equivalent	91	15.1	48	14.7	43	15.6
CSE/SCE	32	5.3	15	4.6	17	6.2
Other	18	3.0	15	4.6	3	1.1
No qualifications	108	17.9	68	20.9	40	14.5
Annual household income
Up to £9999	84	14.0	38	11.7	46	16.7	0.63
£10,000 - £19,999	177	29.4	112	34.4	65	23.6
£20,000 - £29,999	77	12.8	46	14.1	31	11.3
£30,000 - £39,999	41	6.8	15	4.6	26	9.5
£40,000 - £49,999	23	3.8	12	3.7	11	4.0
£50,000 or above	28	4.7	11	3.4	17	6.2
Don’t know	99	16.4	59	18.1	40	14.5
Prefer not to say	65	10.8	32	9.8	32	11.6
Relationship status
Single	54	9.0	26	8.0	28	10.2	0.33
Have partner but do not live together	7	1.2	3	0.9	4	1.5
Live with partner	47	7.8	25	7.7	22	8.0
Married and live with partner	340	56.5	192	58.9	147	53.5
Married and separated from partner	21	3.5	9	2.8	12	4.4
Divorced	47	7.8	21	6.4	26	9.5
Widowed	79	13.1	49	15.0	30	10.9

^aParticipants defined as those who attended at least one CLICK into Activity session during the 12-week programme
^bComparison of those who attended at least one CLICK into Activity session during the 12-week programme (‘participants’) with those who did not (‘non-participants’)
^cEquivalent to Nursing, Midwifery, City and Guilds qualifications

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