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Table 1 Demographics of the participants

From: The Impact of Health Consciousness on the Association Between Walking Durations and Mental Health Conditions After a Disaster: a Cross-Sectional Study

  

Number of participants in each demographic category

Number (%) of participants walking≧ 60 min/day

Number (%) of participants walking between 30 and 60 min/day

Number (%) of participants walking < 30 min/day

p value

Total number

 

718

232

259

227

 

Age

20–29

101

41 (17.7)

29 (11.2)

31 (13.7)

0.03*

 

30–39

108

38 (16.4)

42 (16.2)

28 (12.3)

 
 

40–49

144

50 (21.6)

54 (20.8)

40 (17.6)

 
 

50–59

155

54 (23.3)

59 (22.8)

42 (18.5)

 
 

60–69

123

27 (11.6)

47 (18.1)

49 (22.6)

 
 

70 ≦

87

22 (9.5)

28 (10.9)

37 (16.3)

 

Gender

Male

329

128 (55.2)

119 (45.9)

82 (36.1)

< 0.001**

 

Female

389

104 (44.8)

140 (54.1)

145 (63.9)

 

The number of family members

1

39

9 (3.9)

14 (5.4)

16 (7.0)

0.57

 

2

126

33 (14.2)

47 (18.1)

46 (20.3)

 
 

3

183

61 (26.3)

69 (26.6)

53 (23.3)

 
 

4

123

48 (20.7)

36 (13.9)

39 (17.2)

 
 

5

91

33 (14.2)

31 (12.0)

27 (11.9)

 
 

6

93

28 (12.1)

36 (13.9)

29 (12.8)

 
 

7

37

10 (4.3)

17 (6.6)

10 (4.4)

 
 

8

10

4 (1.7)

4 (1.5)

2 (0.9)

 
 

9

5

3 (1.3)

2 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

 

Residential condition

Living in the same place as before the GEJE

169

62 (26.7)

56 (21.6)

51 (22.5)

0.51

 

Living in a different place not due to the disaster

21

6 (2.6)

7 (2.7)

8 (3.5)

 
 

Post-disaster publicly funded rental accommodation

5

1 (0.4)

3 (1.2)

1 (0.4)

 
 

Houses of relatives or friends

30

7 (3.0)

14 (5.4)

9 (4.0)

 
 

Prefabricated post-disaster public housing

74

24 (10.3)

24 (9.3)

26 (11.5)

 
 

Newly built houses in the relocated high-land area

171

62 (26.7)

61 (23.6)

48 (21.1)

 
 

Newly built houses outside of the relocated high-land area

175

42 (18.1)

71 (27.4)

62 (27.3)

 
 

Others

62

23 (9.9)

20 (7.7)

19 (8.4)

 

Perceived economic status

Extremely difficult

42

19 (8.2)

14 (5.4)

9 (4.0)

0.41

 

Difficult

130

46 (19.8)

41 (15.8)

43 (18.9)

 
 

A little difficult

215

65 (28.0)

77 (29.7)

73 (32.2)

 
 

Fine

328

101 (43.5)

125 (48.3)

102 (44.9)

 

Alcohol drinking habits

Drinking

273

98 (42.2)

105 (40.5)

70 (30.8)

0.03*

 

Non-drinking

397

120 (51.7)

136 (52.5)

141 (62.1)

 

Smoking habits

Smoking

138

50 (21.6)

46 (17.8)

42 (18.5)

0.52

 

Non-smoking

535

167 (72.0)

197 (76.1)

171 (75.3)

 

Walk with health consciousness

Yes

366

113 (48.7)

148 (57.1)

105 (46.3)

0.04*

 

No

352

119 (51.3)

111 (42.9)

122 (53.7)

 

CES-D

< 16

532

180 (77.6)

201 (77.6)

151 (66.5)

0.007*

 

≧ 16

186

52 (22.4)

58 (22.4)

76 (33.5)

 

K6

< 9

630

206 (88.8)

233 (90.0)

191 (84.1)

0.13

 

≧ 9

88

26 (11.2)

26 (10.0)

36 (15.9)

 

IES-R

< 25

576

191 (82.3)

217 (83.8)

168 (74.0)

0.02*

 

≧ 25

142

41 (17.7)

42 (16.2)

59 (26.0)

 
  1. Distribution of the participants regarding age groups (20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, 70 ≦), gender, number of family members, residential status at the time of the survey [living in the same place as before the Great East Japan Earthquake (GEJE), living in a different place with reasons other than the consequence of the GEJE, post-disaster publicly funded rental accommodation, houses of relatives or friends, prefabricated post-disaster public housing, newly built houses in the relocated high-land area, newly built houses outside of the relocated high-land area, others], economic states (extremely difficult, difficult, a little difficult, fine), alcohol consumption (drinking, non-drinking), smoking status (smoking, non-smoking), walking with health consciousness (yes, no), the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D; non-depressive: < 16, depressive: ≧ 16), the Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6; non-distressed: < 9, distressed: ≧ 9), and the Impact of Event Scale-Revised (IES-R; non-PTSR < 25, PTSR ≧ 25). The distributions of the above parameters were shown for each walking durations subgroup (≧ 60 min/day, between 30 and 60 min/day, < 30 min/day). Differences in the distributions of each parameter among the three walking duration subgroups were evaluated using the Chi-square test
  2. Significance levels: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01