The effects of acceptance and commitment therapy on eating behavior and diet delivered through face-to-face contact and a mobile app: a randomized controlled trial

Table 1 Baseline demographic and clinical characteristics of each group

	Face-to-face	Mobile	Control	p^a
Number of participants (n)	70	78	71
Starting time of the study (n)				.642
Autumn	35	37	30
Spring	35	41	41
Study center (n)				.970
Jyväskylä	20	22	17
Kuopio	22	25	23
Helsinki	28	31	31
Gender (n)				.670
Female	61	66	58
Male	9	12	13
Age (years)	50.3 ± 7.2	49.1 ± 7.7	49.2 ± 7.4	.575
Weight (kg)	86.1 ± 10.3	88.4 ± 10.4	88.3 ± 11.5	.342
BMI (kg/m²)	31.0 ± 3.1	31.6 ± 2.7	31.2 ± 2.8	.423
Psychological distress (GHQ-12 score)	7.2 ± 3.0	6.8 ± 2.8	7.4 ± 2.7	.408^b
Perceived stress (PSS score)	25.8 ± 8.0	26.9 ± 7.8	26.9 ± 7.6	.597

Values are n / mean ± SD; Autumn = September – October 2012; Spring = January – February 2013; BMI body mass index, GHQ-12 General Health Questionnaire-12, PSS Perceived Stress Scale
^ap-value for differences between the study groups (Pearson chi-square for categorical variables and one-way ANOVA for continuous variables unless other noted)
^bNon-parametric Kruskal-Wallis test

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