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Table 3 Demographics of health-conscious walkers

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

 

366

113

148

105

 

Age

20–29

31

12 (10.6)

10 (6.8)

9 (8.6)

0.25

 

30–39

43

16 (14.2)

19 (12.8)

8 (7.6)

 
 

40–49

60

22 (19.5)

21 (14.2)

17 (16.2)

 
 

50–59

92

32 (28.3)

37 (25.0)

23 (21.9)

 
 

60–69

84

15 (13.3)

39 (26.4)

30 (28.6)

 
 

70 ≦

56

16 (14.2)

22 (14.9)

18 (17.1)

 

Gender

Male

165

59 (52.2)

71 (48.0)

35 (33.3)

0.01*

 

Female

201

54 (47.8)

77 (52.0)

70 (66.7)

 

The number of family members

1

21

5 (4.4)

8 (5.4)

8 (7.6)

0.59

 

2

75

18 (15.9)

33 (22.3)

24 (22.9)

 
 

3

87

29 (25.7)

38 (25.7)

20 (19.0)

 
 

4

56

17 (15.0)

22 (14.9)

17 (16.2)

 
 

5

52

22 (19.5)

15 (10.1)

15 (14.3)

 
 

6

47

13 (11.5)

19 (12.8)

15 (14.3)

 
 

7

16

5 (4.4)

7 (4.7)

4 (3.8)

 
 

8

7

1 (0.9)

4 (2.7)

2 (1.9)

 
 

9

2

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

Residential condition

Living in the same place as before the GEJE

89

33 (29.2)

35 (23.6)

21 (20.0)

0.27

 

Living in a different place not due to the disaster

7

3 (2.7)

0 (0.0)

4 (3.8)

 
 

Post-disaster publicly funded rental accommodation

2

0 (0.0)

2 (1.4)

0 (0.0)

 
 

Houses of relatives or friends

14

3 (2.7)

7 (4.7)

4 (3.8)

 
 

Prefabricated post-disaster public housing

35

7 (6.2)

14 (9.5)

14 (13.3)

 
 

Newly built houses in the relocated high-land area

91

32 (28.3)

34 (23.0)

25 (23.8)

 
 

Newly built houses outside of the relocated high-land area

95

24 (21.2)

44 (29.7)

27 (25.7)

 
 

Others

29

9 (8.0)

10 (6.8)

10 (9.5)

 

Perceived economic status

Extremely difficult

20

7 (6.2)

7 (4.7)

6 (5.7)

0.98

 

Difficult

59

19 (16.8)

23 (15.5)

17 (16.2)

 
 

A little difficult

106

29 (25.7)

45 (30.4)

32 (30.5)

 
 

Fine

179

58 (51.3)

71 (48.0)

50 (47.6)

 

Alcohol drinking habits

Drinking

140

45 (39.8)

61 (41.2)

34 (32.4)

0.45

 

Non-drinking

190

58 (51.3)

74 (50.0)

58 (55.2)

 

Smoking habits

Smoking

55

18 (15.9)

21 (14.2)

16 (15.2)

0.93

 

Non-smoking

290

89 (78.8)

118 (79.7)

83 (79.0)

 

CES-D

< 16

279

96 (85.0)

113 (76.4)

70 (66.7)

0.007**

 

≧ 16

87

17 (15.0)

35 (23.6)

35 (33.3)

 

K6

< 9

328

106 (93.8)

133 (89.9)

89 (84.8)

0.09

 

≧ 9

38

7 (6.2)

15 (10.1)

16 (15.2)

 

IES-R

< 25

294

96 (85.0)

120 (81.1)

78 (74.3)

0.14

 

≧ 25

72

17 (15.0)

28 (18.9)

27 (25.7)

 
  1. Distribution of walker with health-conscious group regarding age groups (20–29, 30–39, 40–49, 50–59, 60–69, ≦ 70), gender, the 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), 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