Table 1.
Participant characteristics by intervention preference
| Overall sample (n = 1261) | Face-to-face (n = 412; 36%) | Group (n = 499; 44%) | Print (n = 122; 11%) | Web (n = 104; 9%) | P | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Demographics | ||||||
| Married/defacto (%) |
73 |
72 |
75 |
81 |
69 |
0.06 |
| Age |
52.79 (16.31) |
50.65 (15.94) |
51.55 (16.21) |
58.20 (14.81) |
48.71 (15.04) |
0.01 |
| Male (%) |
50 |
46 |
45 |
62 |
61 |
0.01 |
| Further education (%) |
53 |
58 |
51 |
54 |
63 |
0.06 |
| Working Full-time (%) |
66 |
64 |
65 |
69 |
71 |
0.62 |
| Work hours |
7.96 (2.48) |
8.15 (2.37) |
7.85 (2.61) |
8.12 (2.66) |
7.57 (2.25) |
0.24 |
| Children < 18 (%) |
35 |
35 |
40 |
21 |
41 |
0.01 |
| Location (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| City |
52 |
55 |
49 |
52 |
50 |
0.22 |
| Town |
26 |
26 |
28 |
22. |
23. |
|
| Rural area |
22 |
18 |
23 |
25 |
27 |
|
|
Health | ||||||
| BMI |
30.03 (14.67) |
31.13 (16.07) |
29.30 (15.05) |
28.23 (8.93) |
28.51 (10.15) |
0.09 |
| Overweight%) |
36 |
34 |
35 |
44 |
46 |
0.01 |
| Obese (%) |
30 |
35 |
27 |
26 |
24 |
|
| Chronic illness (%) |
46 |
43 |
42 |
58 |
51 |
0.01 |
|
Behaviour | ||||||
| Sufficient Physical activity (%) |
57 |
60 |
57 |
54 |
49 |
0.29 |
| Hours sitting at work |
3.64 (3.09) |
3.68 (3.03) |
3.43 (3.08) |
3.72 (3.11) |
4.12 (3.39) |
0.36 |
| Sufficient fruit intake (%) |
58 |
58 |
59 |
56 |
50 |
0.35 |
| Sufficient vegetable intake (%) |
18 |
15 |
18 |
21 |
19 |
0.48 |
| Current smoker (%) |
15 |
16 |
15 |
11 |
15 |
0.63 |
| Mediated contact with family and friends (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
0.02 |
| Often |
77 |
78 |
81 |
77 |
65 |
|
| Sometimes |
18 |
18 |
15 |
19 |
31 |
|
| Rarely-Never |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
|
|
Internet access and use | ||||||
| home internet access (%) |
94 |
94 |
94 |
91 |
97 |
0.38 |
| Social media use (%) |
|
|
|
|
|
0.01 |
| Every day –most days |
20 |
26 |
19 |
10 |
24 |
|
| Never |
66 |
57 |
63 |
78 |
55 |
|
| Internet hours (personal use/last week) | 6.60 (7.69) | 7.29 (8.16) | 6.03 (7.35) | 5.38 (6.97) | 8.98 (8.21) | 0.01 |