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. 2018 Jul 31;8(2):60–71. doi: 10.15280/jlm.2018.8.2.60

Table 4.

Health behavior in pre and post intervention survey in intervention and control group

Variables Intervention group Control group


2014 2016 p 2014 2016 p
Food behavior
 Consumption of fruits*
  0–2 times 128 (38.6) 321 (34.5) 0.183 88 (34.5) 228 (38.2) 0.308
  ≥3 times 204 (61.4) 610 (65.5) 167 (65.5) 369 (61.8)
 Consumption of vegetable salad*
  0 to 2 times 210 (63.3) 475 (50.9) 0.000 140 (54.9) 325 (54.3) 0.863
  ≥3 times 122 (36.7) 458 (49.1) 115 45.1) 274 (45.7)
 Consumption of sugary drinks*
  0–2 times 201 (60.5) 573 (61.4) 0.77 148 (58.0) 309 (51.6) 0.084
  ≥3 times 131 (39.5) 360 (38.6) 107 (42.0) 290 (48.4)
 Consumption of cookies/chips*
  0–2 times 197 (59.3) 567 (60.8) 0.646 162 (63.5) 292 (48.7) 0.000
  ≥3 times 135 (40.7) 366 (39.2) 93 (36.5) 307 (51.3)
Physical activity and sedentary behavior
 Television watching/day
  ≤2 hours 196 (72.1) 653 (76.4) 0.150 158 (82.7) 407 (74.0) 0.015
  >2 hours 76 (27.9) 202 (23.6) 33 (17.3) 143 (26.0)
 Video game use/day
  ≤2 hours 106 (80.3) 489 (81.5) 0.750 95 (84.8) 278 (76.8) 0.070
  >2 hours 26 (19.7) 111 (18.5) 17 (15.2) 84 (23.2)
 Internet use/day
  ≤2 hours 148 (56.5) 476 (56.2) 0.934 127 (72.6) 327 (62.3) 0.014
  >2 hours 114 (43.5) 371 (43.8) 48 (27.4) 198 (37.7)
 Physical activity
  ≥5 days 93 (28.0) 227 (24.3) 0.185 77 (30.2) 172 (28.7) 0.663
  ≤4 days 239 (72.0) 706 (75.7) 178 (69.8) 427 (71.3)
Psychological distress
 Suicide ideation
  No 244 (73.5) 677 (72.6) 0.743 205 (80.4) 442 (73.8) 0.045
  Yes 88 (26.5) 256 (27.4) 50 (19.6) 157 (26.2)
 Suicide attempt
  None 272 (81.9) 730 (78.2) 0.155 224 (87.8) 445 (74.3) .000
  1 or more times 60 (18.1) 203 (21.8) 31 (12.2) 154 (25.7)
 Feeling depressed
  Yes 205 (61.9) 456 (48.9) 0.000 113 (45.2) 304 (50.8) 0.140
  No 126 (38.1) 477 (51.1) 137 (54.8) 295 (49.2)
Bullying and violence
 Being in a fight
  None 218 (66.25) 605 (64.8) 0.59 160 (63.7) 338 (56.4) 0.48
  ≥1 times 110 (33.5) 328 (35.2) 91 (36.3) 261 (43.6)
 Being insulted
  None 204 (63.8) 690 (74.1) 0.000 140 (55.8) 408 (68.3) 0.000
  ≥1 times 116 (36.3) 241 (25.9) 111 (44.2) 189 (31.7)
 Being attacked
  Yes 247 (75.3) 730 (78.2) 0.273 197 (77.9) 459 (76.6) 0.695
  No 81 (24.7) 203 (21.8) 56 (22.1) 140 (23.4)
Substance abuse behavior
 Alcohol use
  None 250 (75.3) 681 (73.0) 0.412 188 (73.7) 441 (73.6) 0.975
  ≥1 times 82 (24.7) 252 (27.0) 67 (26.3) 158 (26.4)
 Alcohol use in the past month
  None 253 (76.2) 762 (81.7) 0.032 191 (75.5) 463 (77.3) 0.569
  ≥1 times 79 (23.8) 171 (18.3) 62 (24.5) 136 (22.7)
 Smoking
  None 287 (86.4) 798 (85.5) 0.682 214 (83.9) 483 (80.6) 0.256
  ≥1 times 45 (13.6) 135 (14.5) 41 (16.1) 116 (19.4)
 Illicit drug use
  None 313 (94.3) 877 (94.0) 231 (90.6) 530 (88.5)
  ≥1 times 19 (5.7) 56 (6.0) 24 (9.4) 69 (11.5)
*

per week.

**

p value.