Table 3. Physical health, psychological health and behavioural characteristics among participants attending LSTCP.
| X | Moderate Life skills | High life skills | Total | Crude odds ratio | Confidence interval | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical health characteristics | ||||||
| n(%) | n(%) | N (%) | ||||
| Participants having any health problems(N = 1975) | 228(32.5) | 473(67.5) | 701 (35.4%) | 0.91 | 0.75–1.12 | 0.401 |
| Participants performing physical activity(N = 1958) | 482(29.07) | 1176(70.93) | 1658 (84.6%) | 1.94 | 1.51–2.5 | <0.001* |
| Type of physical activity(N = 1958) | ||||||
| Sedentary | 55(42.0) | 76(58.0) | 131 (6.6%) | Reference | ||
| Moderate | 411(28.4) | 1036(71.6) | 1447 (73.9%) | 1.82 | 1.26–2.63 | 0.001* |
| Vigorous | 14(18.9) | 60(81.1) | 74 (3.7%) | 3.1 | 1.58–6.10 | 0.001* |
| Average number of days participants performing physical activity in week $ | Mean±SD(n) | |||||
| Sedentary | 3±2(41) | 3±2(73) | 3±2(114) | 1.05 | 0.89–1.25 | 0.55 |
| Moderate | 4±3(278) | 4±3(721) | 4±3(999) | 1.05 | 0.99–1.11 | 0.08 |
| Vigorous | 3±3(11) | 2±2(42) | 2±2(53) | 0.87 | 0.65–1.17 | 0.35 |
| Psychological health and behavioural characteristics | ||||||
| Participants | n(%) | n(%) | N (%) | |||
| smoking tobacco(N = 1972) | 91(34.6) | 172(65.4) | 263 (13.3%) | 0.84 | 0.64–1.108 | 0.221 |
| chewing smokless tobacco(N = 1959) | 36(37.5) | 60(62.5) | 96 (4.9%) | 0.75 | 0.49–1.14 | 0.18 |
| drinking alcohol(N = 1955) | 187(33.1) | 378(66.9) | 565 (28.9%) | 0.89 | 0.72–1.100 | 0.29 |
| injecting drugs(N = 1964) | 9(37.5) | 15(62.5) | 24 (1.2%) | 0.76 | 0.33–1.74 | 0.51 |
| sniffing drugs(N = 1964) | 5(35.7) | 9(64.3) | 14 (0.7%) | 0.81 | 0.27–2.45 | 0.72 |
| at risk of Cell phone addiction(N = 1937) | 106(46.1) | 124(53.9) | 230 (11.8%) | 0.48 | 0.36–0.64 | <0.001* |
| feeling depressed(N = 1624) | 6(50.0) | 6(50.0) | 12 (0.7%) | 0.45 | 0.14–1.39 | 0.167 |
| feeling Anxious(N = 1760) | 150(41.4) | 212(58.6) | 362 (20.5%) | 0.59 | 0.46–0.74 | <0.001* |
| having suicidal ideation(N = 1760) | 36(42.9) | 48(57.1) | 84 (4.7%) | 0.59 | 0.38–0.92 | 0.019* |
| Participants exposed to violence (in the past six months) | ||||||
| Being Hit/kicked(N = 1942) | 10(47.6) | 11(52.4) | 21 (1.08%) | 0.49 | 0.21–1.18 | 0.115 |
| Being Pushed/showed(N = 1941) | 19(46.3) | 22(53.7) | 41 (2.1%) | 0.52 | 0.28–0.97 | 0.04* |
| Being Badly beaten up(N = 1941) | 2(40.0) | 3(60.0) | 5 (0.25%) | 0.68 | 0.11–4.11 | 0.67 |
| Being Threatened/attacked with weapon(N = 1941) | 6(50.0) | 6(50.0) | 12 (0.61%) | 0.45 | 0.15–0.41 | 0.17 |
| Being Verbally/emotionally abused(N = 1941) | 73(37.2) | 123(62.8) | 196 (10.09%) | 0.75 | 0.54–1.01 | 0.061 |
| Being Robbed(N = 1941) | 4(66.7) | 2(33.3) | 6 (0.30%) | 0.22 | 0.041–1.25 | 0.088 |
| Being Sexually harassed/Assaulted(N = 1941) | 6(40.0) | 9(60.0) | 15 (0.77%) | 0.68 | 0.24–1.93 | 0.47 |
Row percentage; $-Mean ± standard deviation(number); n(%)—number and percentage; N- Total; Crude odds ratio—binary logistic regression
*—variable is significant at p<0.05