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Table 1 Comparisons of sociodemographic factors and pretest outcome measures of the intervention and control groups

From: Quasi-experimental design for using an interactive social media intervention program to improve truck drivers’ health beliefs and eating behaviors

 

Total

Intervention group

Social media

(n = 125)

Control group

Traditional strategies

(n = 117)

 
 

n (%)

n (%)

n (%)

p valuea

Sociodemographic factors

 Educational levels

  Low: junior high school or under

56(23.43)

35(28.00)

21(18.42)

0.207

  Middle: senior high school

155(64.85)

77(61.60)

78(68.42)

 

  High: college or above

28(11.72)

13(10.40)

15(13.16)

 

 Marital status

  Unmarried

33(13.75)

13(10.48)

20(17.24)

0.270

  Married

192(80.00)

104(83.87)

88(75.97)

 

  Divorced

15(6.25)

7(5.65)

8(6.90)

 

 Metabolic syndrome

  Yes

90(44.55)

44(40.37)

46(49.46)

0.205

  No

112(55.45)

65(59.63)

47(50.54)

 

 BMI category

  Normal

38(18.54)

22(19.64)

16(17.20)

0.729

  Overweight

63(30.73)

36(32.14)

27(29.03)

 

  Obese

104(50.73)

54(48.21)

50(53.76)

 
 

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

p valueb

Age

47.6 ± 6.6

47.75 ± 5.41

47.37 ± 7.77

0.020*

BMI

27.3 ± 3.8

27.09 ± 3.96

27.5 ± 3.55

0.776

Outcome measures

 Self-perceived health status (range: 1–5)

2.44 ± 0.65

2.36 ± 0.65

2.53 ± 0.65

0.745

 Self-perceived susceptibility (range: 1–5)

2.91 ± 0.66

2.91 ± 0.64

2.92 ± 0.68

0.562

 Self-perceived severity (range: 1–5)

3.09 ± 0.76

3.10 ± 0.75

3.08 ± 0.77

0.889

 Perceived barriers (range: 1–4)

2.57 ± 0.36

2.56 ± 0.37

2.57 ± 0.34

0.663

 Cues to action (range: 1–4)

3.25 ± 0.57

3.27 ± 0.62

3.23 ± 0.51

0.294

 Self-efficacy (range: 1–4)

2.84 ± 0.66

2.90 ± 0.71

2.77 ± 0.58

0.177

 Healthy eating score (range: 0–1)

0.23 ± 0.19

0.22 ± 0.19

0.24 ± 0.18

0.073

  1. a p value for the chi-square test
  2. b p value for the t-test
  3. BMI Body mass index
  4. SD Standard deviation