Table 1.
Health educator characteristics
| Variable | FitEx | ALED | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adopter, N = 14 | Non-adopter, N = 4 | Adopter, N = 2 | Non-adopter, N = 16 | |
| Female, % | 100 | 100 | 100 | 94 |
| Race, % | ||||
| Caucasian | 50 | 75 | 50 | 61 |
| Black | 25 | 25 | 50 | 39 |
| Unknown | 25 | – | ||
| Weight (lb) | 197 | 155.8 | 168.5 | 176.25 |
| Mean (SD) | (±67.62) | (±41.7) | (±61.52) | (±31.62) |
| Wanting to lose weight, % | 100 | 50 | 50 | 69 |
| Non-smoker, % | 75 | 93 | 100 | 81 |
| General health, % | ||||
| Poor | – | – | – | – |
| Fair | – | 14 | – | – |
| Good | 25 | 29 | 50 | 56 |
| Very good | 75 | 36 | 50 | 38 |
| Excellent | – | 21 | – | 6 |
| Meeting PA recommendations | 50 | 43 | 50 | 38 |
| Confidence for meeting PA recommendations, % | ||||
| Not at all | – | – | – | – |
| Somewhat | 25 | – | – | 13 |
| Moderately | 25 | 21.4 | 50 | 25 |
| Very | – | 57.1 | 50 | 19 |
| Completely | 50 | 21.4 | – | 43 |
| Cups of fruit, mean (SD) | 2.00 (±0.82) | 2.28 (±1.32) | 2.50 (±0.71) | 2.38 (±0.96) |
| Cups of vegetables, mean (SD) | 1.5 (±0.58) | 2.57 (±1.15) | 2.00 (±1.41) | 2.63 (±0.96) |
| Confidence for meeting F/V recommendations | ||||
| Somewhat | 25 | 8 | – | 6 |
| Moderately | 50 | 15 | – | 6 |
| Very | 25 | 46 | 100 | 38 |
| Completely | – | 31 | – | 50 |
| Work satisfaction, % | ||||
| Moderately | 25 | 43 | – | 25 |
| Very | 75 | 57 | 100 | 75 |
| Completely | – | – | – | – |