Table 1 Baseline socio-demographic characteristics of the intervention groups and the control group included at the 12-month measurement
Printed basic | Printed env. | Web-based basic | Web-based env. | Control group | Sign. diff. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(n = 275) | (n = 256) | (n = 214) | (n = 193) | (n = 310) | ||
Gender (% men) | 47.8 | 43.7 | 52.8 | 51.8 | 49.0 | .305 |
Age (years) | 63.2 | 63.7 | 62.6 | 61.6 | 64.1 | .011 |
(Mean ± SD) | (± 8.3) | (± 8.9) | (± 7.2) | (± 7.8) | (± 9.0) | |
BMI (kg/m2) | .345 | |||||
Underweight (%) | 1.5 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.3 | |
Healthy (%) | 50.7 | 46.6 | 42.6 | 47.6 | 43.6 | |
Overweight (%) | 47.8 | 51.4 | 56.9 | 51.8 | 54.1 | |
Education (% low) | 41.5 | 49.0 | 43.5 | 47.4 | 49.5 | .257 |
Having a chronic physical limitation (%) | 55.6 | 50.4 | 29.9 | 31.6 | 52.3 | .000 |
Physical activity (PA) | ||||||
Minutes of PA (per week) | 742.0 | 744.5 | 741.7 | 721.2 | 788.4 | .848 |
(Mean ± SD) | (± 637.2) | (± 624.1) | (± 637.2) | (± 754.9) | (± 718.6) | |
Days of PA (per week) | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | .001 |
(Mean ± SD) | (± 1.9) | (± 2.0) | (± 2.1) | (± 1.9) | (± 2.0) | |
Compliance with the PA norm (%) | 44.5 | 41.4 | 51.4 | 38.9 | 38.2 | .028 |
Intention to be sufficiently | 7.8 | 7.9 | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7.6 | .200 |
Physically active (mean ± SD) | (± 1.5) | (± 1.5) | (± 1.4) | (± 1.5) | (± 1.6) |