Table 3.
Engagement in health behaviours and confidence in behaviour change by presence of a mental health condition (MHC).
| All (N = 11,925) |
No MHC (N = 8819) |
MHC (N = 3106) |
βa | p | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | Mean (SD) | N | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) | |||
| Nutrition | ||||||||
| Fruit serves daily | 8468 | 1.55 (1.31) | 6393 | 1.58(1.31) | 2075 | 1.46 (1.36) | −0.04 | 0.001 |
| Vegetable serves daily | 8462 | 2.49 (1.71) | 6387 | 2.55(1.68) | 2075 | 2.31 (1.80) | −0.06 | 0.000 |
| Physical activity | ||||||||
| PA Vigorousb | 8517 | 0.39 (1.18) | 6427 | 0.43(1.22) | 2090 | 0.29 (1.01) | −0.05 | 0.000 |
| PA Moderatec | 8525 | 1.01 (1.85) | 6434 | 1.06 (1.89) | 2091 | 0.88 (1.74) | −0.04 | 0.000 |
| PA Walkingc | 8523 | 2.79 (2.80) | 6431 | 2.90 (2.80) | 2092 | 2.45 (2.76) | −0.07 | 0.000 |
| Weight | ||||||||
| Weight (kg) | 8917 | 87.56 (22.39) | 6745 | 85.86 (21.62) | 2172 | 92.81 (23.87) | 0.130 | 0.000 |
| Waist circumference | ||||||||
| Waist Circumference (cms) – Men Only | 1799 | 108.26 (18.96) | 1383 | 106.86 (18.17) | 396 | 113.11 (20.76) | 0.095 | 0.000 |
| Waist Circumference (cms) – Women Only | 5126 | 101.07 (16.77) | 3828 | 99.58 (16.31) | 1298 | 105.44 (17.34) | 0.149 | 0.000 |
| BMI | ||||||||
| BMI | 3945 | 31.69 (7.65) | 2957 | 31.01 (7.30) | 988 | 33.73 (8.30) | 0.14 | 0.000 |
| Confidence in behaviour change | ||||||||
| Exercise | 6188 | 7.07 (1.93) | 4650 | 7.15 (1.89) | 1538 | 6.82 (2.05) | −0.08 | 0.000 |
| Diet | 6239 | 7.14 (1.74) | 4729 | 7.22 (1.70) | 1510 | 6.90 (1.83) | −0.09 | 0.000 0.000 |
| Weight | 5397 | 6.89 (1.97) | 4082 | 6.99 (1.93) | 1315 | 6.59 (2.07) | −0.09 | |
a
Standardised co-efficient of mental health condition after accounting for age, gender and education.
b
Number of 20 min sessions per week.
c
Number of 30 min sessions per week.