Table 2 Mental and physical health outcomes among virtual and historical in-person CHARLAR program participants

Variable

Mean Pre-Survey

Mean Post-Survey

Mean Change

P-value

Mean Pre-Survey

Mean Post-Survey

Mean Change

P-value

Anxiety (GAD-7)

3.9

3.07

− 0.83

0.568

4.81

3.83

− 0.972

0.052

Depression (PHQ-8)

3.75

2.68

-1.07

0.067

5.28*

3.39*

-1.89*

0.001*

Exercise Days

1.90*

3.42*

1.52*

0.001*

2.08*

2.99*

0.91*

0.001*

Exercise Time (min/day)

25.97

30.00

4.03

0.192

30.05*

37.83*

7.78*

0.015*

General Health (scale of 1–5)

2.44*

2.82*

0.38

0.000*

2.56

2.67

0.11

0.754

Fruit Consumption (per day)

1.468*

2.820*

1.352*

0.000*

1.2356*

1.4792*

0.244*

0.004*

Vegetable Consumption

(per day)

1.228*

1.790*

0.562*

0.000*

1.0187*

1.3011*

0.282*

0.005*

Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (per day)

1.093

1.316

0.223

0.213

0.9914

0.8594

0.131

0.256