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. 2022 Aug 17;10(4):e002935. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2022-002935

Table 4.

Distribution of insufficiently physically active participants and their motivation for being more physically active

Motivated Not motivated Don’t know
n (%) 1914 (59.8) 604 (19.2) 631 (21.0)
Sex
 Male 1089 (59.6) 389 (20.3) 360 (20.1)
 Female 825 (60.1) 215 (17.7) 271 (22.2)
Age (categories)
 16–34 years 59 (72.5) 6 (9.2) 13 (18.3)
 35–54 years 414 (77.1) 47 (9.4) 72 (13.6)
 55–64 years 545 (65.6) 131 (14.9) 147 (19.4)
 65–74 years 592 (56.1) 211 (21.6) 206 (22.3)
 ≥75 years 304 (41.4) 209 (30.8) 193 (27.8)
Obesity
 Underweight/normal 285 (52.3) 138 (26.7) 106 (21.0)
 Overweight 642 (57.6) 244 (22.6) 214 (19.8)
 Obese class I 489 (58.4) 141 (16.6) 192 (25.0)
 Obese class II 289 (71.2) 44 (11.2) 65 (17.6)
 Obese class III 177 (72.6) 27 (9.6) 41 (18.9)
Comorbidities including mental health conditions
 No comorbidity 162 (61.5) 64 (23.0) 43 (15.5)
 One comorbidity 412 (59.7) 141 (18.9) 151 (21.3)
 Two comorbidities 556 (57.5) 184 (20.2) 193 (22.3)
 Three or more comorbidities 784 (61.0) 215 (18.0) 244 (21.0)
Stress
 Low perceived stress 820 (59.5) 296 (21.5) 258 (19.0)
 Moderate perceived stress 871 (60.6) 248 (18.1) 281 (21.0)
 High perceived stress 121 (62.0) 22 (11.9) 47 (26.1)
HRQoL
Physical score
 Moderate to high physical HRQoL 359 (66.9) 107 (18.9) 83 (14.2)
 Low physical HRQoL 1395 (59.8) 415 (18.2) 473 (22.0)
Mental score
 Moderate to high mental HRQoL 1103 (59.3) 373 (20.5) 353 (20.2)
 Low mental HRQoL 651 (63.8) 149 (15.1) 203 (21.1)

n=3149 (n differs due to variations in complete responses in each variable).

Data are presented as n (%).

HRQoL, health-related quality of life.