Table 1.
Characteristics of the physical activity tracking and no physical activity tracking groups (only respondents who own a mobile device, n=719).
| Characteristics | User group | Significance | P value | Cohen d | ||
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PATa | noPAT |
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| Age (years), mean (SD) | 61.95 (9.43) | 62.81 (9.43) | t717=0.96 | 0.34 | 0.01 | |
| Gender, n (%) | ||||||
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Men | 80 (58.8) | 276 (47.3) | χ21=5.8 | 0.02 | —b |
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Women | 56 (41.2) | 307 (52.7) | χ21=5.8 | 0.02 | — |
| Income, n (%) | ||||||
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<CHF 4000 | 17 (14.3) | 65 (13.3) | V=.05 | 0.47 | — |
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Between CHF 4000-9000 | 60 (50.4) | 277 (56.5) | V=.05 | 0.47 | — |
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>CHF 9000 | 42 (35.3) | 148 (30.2) | V=.05 | 0.47 | — |
| Satisfaction with physical fitnessc, mean (SD) | 2.81 (1.00) | 2.90 (0.92) | t716=1.00 | 0.32 | 0.187 | |
| Mean frequency of physical activityd, mean (SD) | 3.72 (1.13) | 3.58 (1.42) | t245=1.27 | 0.21 | 0.112 | |
aPAT: physical activity tracking.
bNot applicable.
cMeasured on a 5-point Likert scale.
dMeasured on a 6-point scale.