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. 2023 Nov 17;7:e51334. doi: 10.2196/51334

Table 2.

Physical activity and psychological distress at the baseline and 1-month follow-up (N=24).


Baseline 1-month follow-up Cohen d (95% CI) P value for change

n (%) Missing n (%) n (%) Missing n (%)

Physical activity as total amount of physical activity (METa hours per week)b N/Ac 0 (0) N/A 1 (4.2) –0.38 (–0.96 to 0.20) .31
Level of physical activity .31

Highd 5 (20.8) 0 (0) 1 (4.3) 1 (4.2) e

Moderatef 15 (62.5) 0 (0) 13 (56.5) 1 (4.2)

Lowg 4 (16.7) 0 (0) 9 (39.1) 1 (4.2)
Duration of physical activity (minutes per day)h N/A 5 (20.8) N/A 6 (25) 0.23 (–0.41 to 0.88) .48
Psychological distress: total K6i scorej N/A 0 (0.0) N/A 1 (4.2) –0.11 (–0.68 to 0.47) .93
K6 classification

Light (K6 ≤ 4) 16 (66.7) 0 (0) 16 (69.6) 1 (4.2) .01

Subthreshold (5 ≤ K6 ≤ 12) 5 (20.8) 0 (0) 7 (30.4) 1 (4.2)

Severe (13 ≤ K6) 3 (12.5) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (4.2)

aMET: metabolic equivalent.

bPhysical activity was 36.6 (SD 42.8) MET hours per week at baseline and 24.01 (SD 18.7) MET hours per week at 1-month follow-up.

cN/A: not applicable.

dHigh: ≥3 days of vigorous-intensity activity with ≥1500 MET minutes per week or ≥7 days of any combination of walking or moderate to vigorous physical activity with 3000 metabolic equivalent minutes per week.

eNot available.

fModerate: ≥3 days of vigorous-intensity activity with ≥20 minutes per day or ≥5 days of moderate-intensity activity or walking with ≥30 minutes per day or ≥5 days of any combination of walking or moderate- or vigorous-intensity activities with ≥ 600 metabolic equivalent minutes per week.

gLow: not meeting the criteria of high or moderate physical activity.

hPhysical activity duration was 80.05 (SD 48.9) minutes per day at baseline and 91.11 (SD 45.9) minutes per day at 1-month follow-up.

iK6: 6-item Kessler Psychological Distress Scale.

jK6 score was 4.13 (4.5) at baseline and 3.70 (SD 3.6) at 1-month follow-up.