TABLE 1. Characteristics of state employee Walk With Ease participants (N = 3,070) and percentage completing pretest and 6-week posttest or 6-month follow-up surveys, by arthritis status — Montana, 2015–2017.
| Characteristic (no. with available information*) | Participants |
Participants completing pretest and 6-week posttest |
Participants completing pretest and 6-month follow-up |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. (%) | With arthritis % | No arthritis % | With arthritis % | No arthritis % | With arthritis % | No arthritis % | |
|
Total
|
3,070 (100)
|
24.2
|
75.8
|
66.8
|
61.9
|
37.6
|
28.1
|
|
Age group (yrs) (2,970)
| |||||||
| 21–34 |
307 (10) |
6.5 |
93.5 |
75.0 |
57.5 |
45.0 |
17.8 |
| 35–44 |
452 (15) |
11.1 |
88.9 |
50.0 |
54.0 |
20.0 |
18.7 |
| 45–54 |
790 (27) |
19.6 |
80.4 |
64.5 |
63.3 |
37.4 |
32.3 |
| 55–64 |
1,099 (37) |
33.5 |
66.5 |
66.3 |
67.4 |
39.9 |
34.9 |
| ≥65 |
322 (11) |
42.2 |
57.8 |
75.0 |
71.0 |
34.6 |
31.7 |
|
Sex (2,949)
| |||||||
| Women |
2,113 (72) |
26.7 |
73.3 |
64.4 |
60.4 |
39.5 |
30.0 |
| Men |
836 (28) |
19.3 |
80.7 |
73.9 |
67.0 |
31.7 |
24.4 |
|
Education (2,923)
| |||||||
| High school graduate |
342 (12) |
28.7 |
71.3 |
66.3 |
65.2 |
34.7 |
33.6 |
| Some college |
761 (26) |
28.5 |
71.5 |
66.8 |
63.6 |
33.2 |
28.7 |
| College graduate |
1,278 (44) |
21.8 |
78.2 |
66.7 |
63.7 |
40.1 |
29.3 |
| Graduate school |
542 (19) |
24.9 |
75.1 |
65.2 |
61.7 |
41.5 |
25.8 |
|
Race (2,994)
| |||||||
| American Indian |
78 (3) |
38.5 |
61.5 |
60.0 |
58.3 |
40.0 |
18.8 |
| White |
2,812 (94) |
25.1 |
74.9 |
67.4 |
63.6 |
37.9 |
29.0 |
| Other race |
104 (3) |
14.4 |
85.6 |
46.7 |
51.7 |
33.3 |
29.2 |
|
Disability status (2,767)
| |||||||
| Disability† |
269 (10) |
48.7 |
51.3 |
58.8 |
65.9 |
39.7 |
29.7 |
| No disability |
2,498 (90) |
21.3 |
78.7 |
72.2 |
65.0 |
37.3 |
29.2 |
|
Baseline pain (2,909)
| |||||||
| None (0) |
817 (28) |
6.4 |
93.6 |
71.2 |
64.1 |
42.3 |
30.6 |
| Mild (1–3) |
1,282 (44) |
21.9 |
78.1 |
75.4 |
68.3 |
40.2 |
31.8 |
| Moderate (4–6) |
617 (21) |
44.7 |
55.3 |
64.1 |
63.6 |
38.8 |
26.1 |
| Severe (7–10) |
193 (7) |
61.7 |
38.3 |
55.5 |
56.8 |
34.5 |
27.0 |
|
Baseline fatigue (2,913)
| |||||||
| None (0) |
716 (25) |
15.1 |
84.9 |
81.5 |
67.4 |
44.4 |
33.4 |
| Mild (1–3) |
1,143 (39) |
21.4 |
78.6 |
67.3 |
67.4 |
42.9 |
31.3 |
| Moderate (4–6) |
683 (23) |
31.3 |
68.7 |
67.8 |
62.9 |
35.5 |
26.2 |
| Severe (7–10) | 371 (13) | 43.7 | 56.3 | 58.6 | 59.3 | 34.6 | 28.2 |
* Participants without available information were as follows: age group, 100 (3.3%); sex, 121 (3.9%); education, 141 (4.6%), and less than high school graduate excluded for six (0.2%); race, 76 (2.5%); disability status, 303 (9.9%); baseline pain, 161 (5.2%); baseline fatigue, 157 (5.1%).
† Based on self-reported hearing, seeing, walking, climbing stairs, or cognitive disability.