Table 3 Differences in minutes per day spent on different categories of physical activity (mean ± SD), eating and smoking behaviour between patients in the intervention (n = 71) and control group (n = 75) at baseline, and at 3 and 6 months follow-up
Primary outcome measure | Baseline | Â | 3-months follow-up | Â | 6-months follow-up | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  | Intervention n = 71 | Control n = 75 | Intergroup differencesaB(95% CI) | p | Intergroup differencesaB(95% CI) | p |
Physical activity SQUASH, min/week | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Moderate intensity | 43.9 (75.3) | 33.9 (62.9) | 8.7 (−128.5/145.8) | 0.90 | 187.2 (23.4/351.0)** | 0.03 |
Heavy intensity | 31.0 (60.2) | 30.1 (57.7) | 121.8 (−12.1/255.6)* | 0.07 | −4.2 (−123.0/114.6) | 0.95 |
At least moderate (moderate + heavy) | 74.9 (100.3) | 64.1 (85.1) | 112.4 (−92.8/317.6) | 0.3 | 189.6 (−1.0/380.2)** | 0.05 |
Eating behaviour DFFQ | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â |
Average vegetable intake/day, grams | 172.4 (91.9) | 181.9 (90.1) | −2.0 (−27.3/23.2) | 0.98 | −0.5 (−25.7/24.7) | 0.97 |
Number of fruit intake/day | 1.5 (1.3) | 1.7 (1.2) | 0.03 (−0.3/0.3) | 0.86 | −0.05 (−0.4/0.3) | 0.8 |
Number of days breakfast | 6.3 (1.8) | 5.5 (2.6) | 0.07 (−0.4/0.6) | 0.80 | 0.5 (−0.1/1.1)* | 0.09 |