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. 2022 Oct 18;22:1935. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14291-6

Table 2.

Mental and physical health outcomes among virtual and historical in-person CHARLAR program participants

Virtual Cohort Historical In-person Cohort
Variable Mean Pre-Survey Mean Post-Survey Mean Change P-value Mean Pre-Survey Mean Post-Survey Mean Change P-value
Anxiety (GAD-7) 3.9 3.07 − 0.83 0.568 4.81 3.83 − 0.972 0.052
Depression (PHQ-8) 3.75 2.68 -1.07 0.067 5.28* 3.39* -1.89* 0.001*
Exercise Days 1.90* 3.42* 1.52* 0.001* 2.08* 2.99* 0.91* 0.001*
Exercise Time (min/day) 25.97 30.00 4.03 0.192 30.05* 37.83* 7.78* 0.015*
General Health (scale of 1–5) 2.44* 2.82* 0.38 0.000* 2.56 2.67 0.11 0.754
Fruit Consumption (per day) 1.468* 2.820* 1.352* 0.000* 1.2356* 1.4792* 0.244* 0.004*

Vegetable Consumption

(per day)

1.228* 1.790* 0.562* 0.000* 1.0187* 1.3011* 0.282* 0.005*
Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (per day) 1.093 1.316 0.223 0.213 0.9914 0.8594 0.131 0.256

Abbreviations: GAD = Generalized Anxiety Disorder, PHQ = Patient Health Questionnaire

Statistically significant changes starred (*)

Statistical tests used: paired samples t−test