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Table 2 Baseline participant demographic, behavioural, well-being, and health characteristics of the park prescription intervention participants (N = 80) and control group participants (N = 80)

From: Activity in nature mediates a park prescription intervention’s effects on physical activity, park use and quality of life: a mixed-methods process evaluation

Characteristics

Total (N = 160)

n,%

PPI (N = 80)

n,%

Control (N = 80)

n,%

Age (mean, SD)

51.1 ± 6.3

52.1 ± 6.5

50.0 ± 6.0

Gender: Female

127 (79)

65 (81)

62 (78)

Ethnicity

 Chinese

130 (81)

67 (84)

63 (79)

 Malay

14 (9)

7 (9)

7 (9)

 Indian

13 (8)

5 (6)

8 (10)

 Others

3 (2)

1 (1)

2 (2)

Education

 Secondary and below

84 (52)

41 (51)

43 (54)

 Pre-tertiary

46 (29)

25 (31)

21 (26)

 University and above

30 (19)

14 (18)

16 (20)

 Work status: working

121 (76)

53 (66)

68 (85)

 Marriage: Currently married

126 (79)

66 (82)

60 (75)

Household income/month (in Singapore Dollars)

 Below 2000

34 (21)

17 (21)

17 (21)

 2000–3999

40 (25)

20 (25)

20 (25)

 4000–5999

34 (21)

15 (19)

19 (24)

 6000 and above

52 (32)

28 (35)

24 (30)

Physical activity related behaviours

 Total MVPA, minutes/weeka (mean, SD)

442.7 ± 534.7

475.7 ± 618.1

409.8 ± 437.2

 Time spent in Park, minuets/month (mean, SD)

171.4 ± 293.8

168.1 ± 303.2

174.7 ± 286.1

 PA in Park, minuets/month (mean, SD)

130.3 ± 261.8

132.7 ± 296.6

127.9 ± 223.6

Mental well-being

 WHO5 total, range: 0–100 (mean, SD)

58.3 ± 22.3

58.1 ± 22.1

58.5 ± 22.6

Physical Health

 BMI, kg/m2 (mean, SD)

23.9 ± 4.1

24.2 ± 4.1

23.6 ± 4.1

  1. Note: Data are mean ± SD or n (%) unless otherwise indicated
  2. aSubjective measures based on GPAQ