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