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Table 1 Baseline characteristics, mean and standard deviation (SD)

From: Cost-effectiveness and cost-utility of a Web-based or print-delivered tailored intervention to promote physical activity among adults aged over fifty: an economic evaluation of the Active Plus intervention

 

C (n=411)

PB (n=439)

PE (n=435)

WB (n=423)

WE (n=432)

F

χ2

P

Mean age (years)(SD)

64.2 (9.5)

63.1 (8.7)

64.0 (9.4)

61.8 (7.1)

60.8 (7.5)

12.05

 

0.00a

Gender (% men)

49.9

45.9

45.3

52.3

51.3

 

10.63

0.22

Education (% low)

50.3

43.5

47.3

46.1

47.8

 

4.04

0.40

Paid job (%)

42.8

40.1

43.9

36.8

40.2

 

5.14

0.27

Physical activity

        

MET-hours PA/week (SD)

45.4 (40.0)

41.6 (37.7)

41.5 (32.1)

42.9 (38.9)

43.0 (40.7)

0.71

 

0.58

Minutes MVPA/week (SD)

806.7 (786.8)

741.3 (739.1)

711.7 (646.7)

684.8 (719.9)

733.4 (721.0)

1.63

 

0.16

Days with sufficient PA (SD)

3.8 (2.1)

4.0 (2.0)

3.9 (2.0)

4.3 (2.1)

4.0 (1.9)

4.95

 

0.00b

Mean utility (SD)

0.873 (0.180)

0.870 (0.166)

0.891 (0.150)

0.880 (0.163)

0.890 (0.158)

1.17

 

0.32

Mean health care costs (SD)

1012 (3751)

713 (1568)

625 (1532)

733 (1372)

686 (1907)

1.94

 

0.10c

Mean participant and family costs (SD)

272 (624)

352 (922)

274 (602)

405 (1060)

331 (1001)

1.78

 

0.13d

Mean productivity losses (SD)

220 (2547)

196 (1069)

199 (1009)

465 (2758)

309 (1694)

1.63

 

0.17

Mean societal costs (SD)

1683 (4993)

1254 (2315)

1083 (2001)

1583 (3406)

1290 (2876)

2.41

 

0.05c

  1. NB: all costs are expressed in Euro’s.
  2. aPost-hoc analysis revealed significant differences: C > WB; C > WE; PB > WE; PE > WB; PE > WE.
  3. bPost-hoc analysis revealed significant differences: C < WB; PE < WB.
  4. cBootstrap analysis revealed significant differences: C > PE.
  5. dBootstrap analysis revealed significant differences: C < WB; PE < WB.