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. 2015 Aug 25;15:201. doi: 10.1186/s12888-015-0585-8

Table 2.

Sample characterisitics (n = 47)

Variable Intervention group Waitlist group Total Test of group differences
(n = 22) (n = 25) (n = 47) χ2 U p
Agea, M (SD) 42.71 (11.88) 44.96 (12.08) 43.91 (11.91) 242.50 .49
Sex, n (%) 0.14 .71
Women 12 (54.5) 15 (60.0) 27 (57.5)
Men 10 (45.5) 10 (40.0) 20 (42.5)
School education, n (%) 3.84 .43
8 years 1 (4.5) 2 (8.0) 3 (6.4)
10 years 3 (13.6) 7 (28.0) 10 (21.3)
13 years 3 (13.6) 5 (20.0) 8 (17.0)
Vocational training 4 (18.2) 5 (20.0) 9 (19.1)
University 11 (50.0) 6 (24.0) 17 (36.2)
Additional psychotherapy (n (%) 0.47 .49
yes 11 (50.0) 15 (60.0) 26 (55.3)
no 11 (50.0) 10 (40.0) 21 (44.7)
Antidepressants, n (%) 0.36 .55
yes 15 (68.2) 19 (76.0) 34 (72.3)
no 7 (31.8) 6 (24.0) 13 (27.7)
BMIa, M (SD) 26.81 (5.73) 24.56 (3.95) 25.61 (4.94) 201.00 .12
Already some experience with bouldering or rock climbing, n (%) 0.10 .75
yes 8 (36.4) 8 (32.0) 16 (34.0)
no 14 (63.6) 17 (68.0) 31 (66.0)
WHO well-being scalea M (SD) 8.86 (4.63) 8.08 (4.93) 8.45 (4.76) 237.50 .42

adeviation from normal distribution (Shapiro-Wilk Test)

BMI: Body Mass Index