Table 4.
Influence of the composite health behavior percent change on the depression, anxiety and stress scales.
| Composite behavior change |
Statistical test (p) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Negative change (n = 131) |
No change (n = 176) |
Positive change (n = 56) |
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| Depression categories: | ||||
| Normal | 79 (60.3%) | 113 (64.2%) | 35 (62.5%) | |
| Mild | 19 (14.5%) | 30 (17.0%) | 12 (21.4%) | X2 = 10.58 |
| Moderate | 23 (17.6%) | 22 (12.5%) | 9 (16.1%) | 0.225 |
| Severe | 0 (0.0%) | 3 (1.7%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Extremely Severe | 10 (7.6%) | 8 (4.5%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
| Anxiety categories: | ||||
| Normal | 85 (64.9%)a | 135 (76.7%)a | 46 (82.1%)a | |
| Mild | 25 (19.1%)a | 17 (9.7%)a, b | 1 (1.8%)b | X2 = 20.98 |
| Moderate | 9 (6.9%)a | 11 (6.2%)a | 8 (14.8%)a | 0.008* |
| Severe | 3 (2.3%)a | 4 (2.3%)a | 1 (1.8%)a | |
| Extremely Severe | 9 (6.9%)a | 9 (5.1%)a | 0 (0.0%)a | |
| Stress categories: | ||||
| Normal | 108 (82.4%) | 149 (84.7%) | 46 (82.1%) | |
| Mild | 10 (7.6%) | 9 (5.1%) | 2 (3.6%) | X2 = 14.49 |
| Moderate | 1 (0.8%) | 9 (5.1%) | 3 (5.4%) | 0.046* |
| Severe | 5 (3.8%) | 4 (2.3%) | 5 (8.9%) | |
| Extremely Severe | 7 (5.3%) | 5 (2.8%) | 0 (0.0%) | |
*
Significant composite behavior change was assessed using Chi-square test and Superscripts [a] and [b] summaries the pairwise comparison.