Table II.

Leisure-time activities and family situation among patients who were sick certified during the consultation versus patients who were not.

	Sick certified		Not sick certified
	n	%	n	%	p
Leisure-time activities
Exercise heavily for at least 20 min1	49	44.1	170	50.6	0.24
Exercise at a quick pace for at least 20 min1	60	56.1	189	56.3	0.97
Active outdoors at a calm pace1	91	79.8	280	80.2	0.93
Spend time with my family/children1	101	91.8	312	91.5	0.92
Spend time with people outside my family1	85	75.8	285	81.0	0.25
Read, listen to music/TV/video, etc.1	110	95.7	344	97.2	0.42
Hobby activities at home1	51	44.7	184	52.6	0.15
Participate in group activities outside the home2	35	31.3	123	35.0	0.46
Participate in clubs, church activities, etc.2	31	27.7	119	34.6	0.18
Cinema, theatre, dancing, watching football, etc.2	72	64.3	220	62.7	0.76
Total leisure time score (range 0 – 10)	116	(4.96)3	358	(5.26)3	0.24
Family situation
Live alone	16	14.3	55	15.4	0.72
Live with parent(s)	0	0	14	3.9	< 0.05
Partner, no children	41	36.6	100	28.1	0.09
Partner and children	49	43.8	174	48.9	0.34
Single parent	6	5.4	13	3.7	0.43

Note: ¹= Once a week or more often; ² = once a month or more often; ³ = mean value.