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Table 5 Baseline and follow-up scores of physical fitness and physical activity in participants

From: En route to flourishing - a longitudinal mixed methods study of long-term unemployed citizens in an interdisciplinary rehabilitation program

 

Baseline

Follow-up

p-value

Physical fitness

(n = 146)

(n = 73)

 

Aerobic fitness, median [IQR]

3 [2–4]

3 [2–5]

0.77

Muscle strength, median [IQR]

4 [2–6]

3 [1.5–5]

0.68

Endurance, median [IQR]

3 [1–5]

3 [2–5]

0.03

Flexibility, median [IQR]

3 [2–5]

4 [2–6]

0.25

Balance and coordination, median [IQR]

4 [2–5]

3 [2–6]

0.71

Physical activity

(n = 145)

(n = 73)

 

Almost sedentary, n (%)

54 (37)

23 (32)

0.81

Light activity, n (%)

53 (37)

31 (42)

Moderate activity, n (%)

31 (21)

16 (22)

Strenuous activity, n (%)

7 (5)

3 (4)

  1. IQR = Interquartile range