Table 3.
Changes From Baseline to 16-Week Follow-Up (≥50% attendance), The WORD (Wholeness, Oneness, Righteousness, Deliverance) Intervention, Arkansas, 2010
| Variable | Baseline (≥50% Attendance) (n = 12) | Follow-Up (≥50% Attendance) (n = 12) | Change From Baseline (≥50% Attendance) | P Valuea | |||
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| Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | Mean (SD) | Median (IQR) | ||
| Body weight | |||||||
| BMI, kg/m² | 35.5 (6.1) | 33.9 (9.5) | 34.1 (7.2) | 31.8 (10.0) | −1.5 (2.3) | −1.2 (2.4) | .05 |
| Weight, lb | 214.5 (42.4) | 203.2 (42.2) | 205.6 (47.9) | 191.4 (52.4) | −8.9 (14.1) | −6.9 (14.9) | .05 |
| Weight, kg | 97.3 (19.2) | 92.2 (19.1) | 93.2 (21.7) | 86.8 (23.8) | −4.0 (6.4) | −3.1 (6.8) | .05 |
| Weight change, % | NA | NA | NA | NA | −4.5 (6.8) | −4.1 (7.4) | .04 |
| Health behaviors | |||||||
| Dietary fat, % kcal | 37.3 (10.2) | 33.2 (8.1) | 37.0 (7.5) | 36.7 (12.4) | −0.3 (12.6) | 0.1 (11.0) | .93 |
| Total physical activity, METs | 18.3 (10.8) | 15.7 (14.0) | 23.1 (12.4) | 19.8 (18.0) | 4.8 (8.8) | 1.7 (17.9) | .09 |
| Moderately vigorous recreation, METs | 5.94 (6.66) | 2.6 (10.2) | 13.0 (9.4) | 12.0 (8.6) | 7.1 (6.5) | 5.7 (8.3) | <.001 |
| Psychosocial variables | |||||||
| Self-efficacy — diet (range, 1-5) | |||||||
| Sticking to low-salt, low-fat foods | 4.3 (0.7) | 4.5 (1.2) | 4.1 (0.4) | 4.1 (0.4) | −0.2 (0.9) | −0.4 (1.5) | .40 |
| Reducing calories | 4.3 (0.9) | 4.5 (0.8) | 4.2 (0.6) | 4.2 (0.8) | 0 (1.0) | −0.1 (0.9) | .91 |
| Reducing salt | 4.4 (1.0) | 5.0 (0.7) | 4.4 (0.6) | 4.3 (1.2) | −0.1 (1.0) | 0 (0.7) | .79 |
| Reducing fat | 4.4 (1.2) | 5.0 (0.3) | 4.4 (0.8) | 4.7 (0.8) | 0 (1.3) | 0 (0.3) | .94 |
| Self-efficacy — physical activity (range, 1-5) | |||||||
| Sticking to exercise program | 4.0 (0.8) | 4.2 (1.3) | 3.8 (0.6) | 4.0 (0.9) | −0.2 (1.0) | −0.2 (1.1) | .49 |
| Making time for physical activity | 3.9 (0.9) | 4.0 (1.2) | 3.7 (0.7) | 3.8 (1.2) | −0.2 (1.2) | 0 (1.4) | .59 |
| Social support for eating habits — family (range, 5-25) | |||||||
| Encouragement | 11.5 (4.1) | 11.0 (4.0) | 16.1 (5.3) | 16.0 (7.0) | 4.6 (5.7) | 4.5 (8.5) | .02 |
| Discouragement | 10.7 (4.8) | 10.0 (6.5) | 12.0 (5.5) | 10.5 (9.5) | 0.5 (7.8) | 0.5 (12.0) | .83 |
| Social support for eating habits — friends (range, 5-25) | |||||||
| Encouragement | 9.5 (3.6) | 10.5 (7.5) | 13.3 (4.0) | 14.0 (5.0) | 3.8 (4.9) | 5.0 (7.5) | .02 |
| Discouragement | 14.6 (5.1) | 14.0 (5.0) | 14.7 (5.7) | 15.5 (9.0) | 0.1 (5.4) | 0 (6.5) | .96 |
| Social support for physical activity — family | |||||||
| Family participation (range, 10-50) | 20.4 (8.7) | 21.1 (17.2) | 25.0 (10.6) | 23.9 (18.3) | 4.6 (6.5) | 3.9 (9.4) | .03 |
| Family rewards and punishments (range, 3-15) | 3.6 (1.2) | 3.0 (0.5) | 4.1 (1.5) | 3.5 (1.5) | 0.5 (1.2) | 0 (0.5) | .17 |
| Social support for physical activity — friends (range, 10-50) | |||||||
| Friend participation | 20.4 (10.3) | 19.4 (19.4) | 21.0 (9.9) | 17.8 (15.0) | 0.6 (8.6) | 1.7 (12.2) | .80 |
Abbreviations: SD, standard deviation; IQR, interquartile range; BMI, body mass index; NA, not applicable; METs, metabolic equivalents.
a
Calculated from 1-sample t test.