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Table 2 Baseline and follow-up data for outcome variables, specified per allocated group. Table includes participants with complete data for the respective outcomes at both baseline and 6-month follow-up

From: Improving movement behavior in office workers: effects of two multi-level cluster-RCT interventions on mental health

 

All participants

Control group

iPA

iSED

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

Baseline

Follow-up

Depression symptoms

N = 140

N = 52

N = 52

N = 36

 Median (IQR)

3.0 [1, 5]

2.0 [1, 5]

3.5 [1, 6]

2.5 [1, 6]

3.0 [2, 5]

2.0 [1, 4]

2.0 [1, 5]

2.0 [1, 3]

 N (%) Normal

122 (87)

129 (87)

48 (92)

81 (92)

44 (85)

47 (90)

31 (86)

24 (94)

 N (%) Borderline

15 (11)

10 (7)

4 (8)

6 (7)

7 (14)

5 (10)

5 (14)

1 (3)

 N (%) Abnormal

3 (2)

1 (1)

0

1 (1)

1 (2)

0

0

1 (3)

Anxiety symptoms

N = 140

N = 56

N = 49

N = 35

 Median (IQR)

6.0 [4, 9]

6.0 [4, 8]

6.0 [3, 10]

6.0 [4, 8]

6.0 [4, 7]

5.0 [3, 6]

6.0 [5, 910]

6.0 [3, 8]

 N (%) Normal

95 (68)

101 (72)

36 (64)

35 (63)

37 (76)

42 (86)

22 (63)

24 (69)

 N (%) Borderline

21 (15)

25 (18)

7 (13)

12 (21)

8 (16)

6 (12)

6 (17)

7 (20)

 N (%) Abnormal

24 (17)

14 (10)

13 (23)

9 (16)

4 (8)

1 (2)

7 (20)

4 (11)

Mental Wellbeing

N = 158

N = 62

N = 57

N = 39

 Mean (SD)

58.05 (16.92)

60.89 (16.81)

56.74 (17.56)

55.55 (18.04)

59.86 (16.38)

64.49 (15.51)

57.49 (16.84)

64.10 (14.65)

 N (%) Good mental wellbeing

104 (66)

118 (75)

38 (61)

40 (65)

39 (68)

47 (62.5)

27 (69)

31 (79.5)

 N (%) Poor mental wellbeing

44 (28)

30 (19)

19 (31)

14 (23)

15 (26)

8 (14)

10 (26)

8 (20.5)

 N (%) Likely depression

10 (6)

10 (6.3)

5 (8)

8 (13)

3 (5)

2 (3.5)

2 (5)

0

Stress

N = 163

N = 63

N = 60

N = 40

 Mean (SD)

2.75 (1.14)

2.66 (1.17)

2.65 (1.18)

2.71 (1.26)

2.87 (1.14)

2.60 (1.09)

2.75 (1.10)

2.65 (1.14)

 Less than a few times per month N (%)

25 (15)

30 (18)

10 (16)

13 (21)

9 (15)

11 (18)

6 (15)

6 (15)

 A few times per month, N (%)

47 (29)

49 (30)

24 (38)

18 (29)

12 (20)

17 (28)

11 (27.5)

14 (35)

 Once per week N (%)

43 (26)

40 (25)

11 (17.5)

10 (16)

21 (35)

19 (32)

11 (27.5)

11 (27.5)

 Several times per week, N (%)

39 (24)

35 (22)

14 (22)

18 (29)

14 (23)

11 (18)

11 (27.5)

6 (15)

 Every day, N (%)

9 (6)

9 (6)

4 (6)

4 (6)

4 (7)

2 (3)

1 (3)

3 (8)

  1. iPA Physical activity intervention, iSED Sedentary behavior intervention, SD Standard deviation, IQR Inter quartile range
  2. Higher scores for depression, anxiety, and stress indicate worse symptoms. Higher scores for mental wellbeing indicate better mental wellbeing
  3. Median and IQR reported for depression and anxiety due to non-normal distributions
  4. Validated cut-offs used for classifying mental wellbeing and depression or anxiety symptom. Stress presented according to the five answer options
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