TABLE 2. Mean changes in minutes walked and pain and fatigue scores* for state employee Walk With Ease participants who completed pretest and 6-week posttest or 6-month follow-up surveys, by arthritis status — Montana, 2015–2017.
| Variable | With arthritis |
No arthritis |
Overall |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pretest | Posttest/Follow-up | Change | Pretest | Posttest/Follow-up | Change | Pretest | Posttest/Follow-up | Change | |
|
6-week posttest
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|
Physical activity (minutes per week)
| |||||||||
| Walking |
107.5 |
156.5 |
49.1† |
119.7 |
163.6 |
43.8† |
116.6 |
161.8 |
45.2† |
| Other physical activity§ |
50.3 |
64.6 |
14.3† |
69.8 |
88.1 |
18.3† |
64.9 |
82.2 |
17.3† |
| Stretching |
51.7 |
57.2 |
5.5 |
55.2 |
56.5 |
1.3 |
54.3 |
56.7 |
2.3 |
|
Baseline pain level (scale of 0–10)
| |||||||||
| all (0–10) |
3.77 |
3.74 |
-0.03 |
1.87 |
2.12 |
0.25† |
2.35 |
2.53 |
0.18† |
| zero (0) |
0.00 |
1.41 |
1.41† |
0.00 |
1.13 |
1.13† |
0.00 |
1.15 |
1.15† |
| mild (1–3) |
2.17 |
3.00 |
0.83† |
1.92 |
2.19 |
0.27† |
1.98 |
2.38 |
0.40† |
| moderate (4–6) |
4.97 |
4.36 |
-0.60† |
4.82 |
3.66 |
-1.16† |
4.89 |
3.98 |
-0.91† |
| severe (7–10) |
7.80 |
5.74 |
-2.06† |
7.57 |
4.48 |
-3.10† |
7.71 |
5.25 |
-2.46† |
|
Baseline fatigue level (scale of 0–10)
| |||||||||
| all (0–10) |
3.61 |
3.36 |
-0.25† |
2.50 |
2.33 |
-0.18† |
2.79 |
2.59 |
-0.20† |
| zero (0) |
0.00 |
1.52 |
1.52† |
0.00 |
0.93 |
0.93† |
0.00 |
1.04 |
1.04† |
| mild (1–3) |
1.95 |
2.68 |
0.74† |
1.98 |
2.20 |
0.22† |
1.97 |
2.30 |
0.33† |
| moderate (4–6) |
4.90 |
3.85 |
-1.05† |
4.74 |
3.49 |
-1.25† |
4.79 |
3.61 |
-1.18† |
| severe (7–10) |
7.88 |
5.48 |
-2.40† |
8.02 |
4.81 |
-3.21† |
7.96 |
5.10 |
-2.86† |
|
6-month follow-up
| |||||||||
|
Physical activity (minutes per week)
| |||||||||
| Walking |
106.4 |
116.9 |
10.5 |
126.2 |
132.0 |
5.7 |
120.3 |
127.5 |
7.1† |
| Other physical activity§ |
53.0 |
62.3 |
9.3 |
68.0 |
74.6 |
6.7 |
63.6 |
71.0 |
7.4 |
| Stretching |
54.7 |
59.8 |
5.1 |
56.0 |
62.9 |
6.9† |
55.6 |
62.0 |
6.4† |
|
Baseline pain level (scale of 0–10)
| |||||||||
| all (0–10) |
3.90 |
3.82 |
-0.08 |
1.79 |
2.24 |
0.45† |
2.42 |
2.72 |
0.29† |
| zero (0) |
0.00 |
1.64 |
1.64† |
0.00 |
1.52 |
1.52† |
0.00 |
1.53 |
1.53† |
| mild (1–3) |
2.26 |
3.29 |
1.04† |
1.93 |
2.39 |
0.46† |
2.01 |
2.63 |
0.61† |
| moderate (4–6) |
4.93 |
4.06 |
-0.87† |
4.73 |
3.26 |
-1.47† |
4.84 |
3.69 |
-1.14† |
| severe (7–10) |
7.85 |
5.85 |
-2.00† |
7.40 |
3.85 |
-3.55† |
7.70 |
5.20 |
-2.51† |
|
Baseline fatigue level (scale of 0–10)
| |||||||||
| all (0–10) |
3.56 |
3.69 |
0.13 |
2.39 |
2.66 |
0.27† |
2.74 |
2.97 |
0.23† |
| zero (0) |
0.00 |
2.15 |
2.15† |
0.00 |
1.22 |
1.22† |
0.00 |
1.39 |
1.39† |
| mild (1–3) |
1.89 |
3.03 |
1.14† |
1.89 |
2.66 |
0.77† |
1.89 |
2.76 |
0.87† |
| moderate (4–6) |
4.97 |
4.51 |
-0.46† |
4.76 |
3.93 |
-0.82† |
4.84 |
4.16 |
-0.68† |
| severe (7–10) | 7.82 | 5.14 | -2.68† | 8.02 | 4.95 | -3.07† | 7.92 | 5.04 | -2.88† |
* Increasing pain and fatigue were ranked on a 0–10 scale. All (0–10) is the nonstratified mean value. Mean values within subcategories of baseline pain and fatigue were defined as follows: zero = 0, mild = 1–3, moderate = 4–6, and severe = 7–10.
† p-value <0.05
§ Total minutes spent swimming, bicycling, using exercise equipment, or engaged in other aerobic exercise.