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Table 6 Demographics of non-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

 

352

119

111

122

 

Age

20–29

70

29 (24.4)

19 (17.1)

22 (18.0)

0.03*

 

30–39

65

22 (18.5)

23 (20.7)

20 (16.4)

 
 

40–49

84

28 (23.5)

33 (29.7)

23 (18.9)

 
 

50–59

63

22 (18.5)

22 (19.8)

19 (15.6)

 
 

60–69

39

12 (10.1)

8 (7.2)

19 (15.6)

 
 

70 ≦

31

6 (5.0)

6 (5.4)

19 (15.6)

 

Gender

Male

164

69 (58.0)

48 (43.2)

47 (38.5)

0.007**

 

Female

188

50 (42.0)

63 (56.8)

75 (61.5)

 

The number of family members

1

18

4 (3.4)

6 (5.4)

8 (6.6)

0.17

 

2

51

15 (12.6)

14 (12.6)

22 (18.0)

 
 

3

96

32 (26.9)

31 (27.9)

33 (27.0)

 
 

4

67

31 (26.1)

14 (12.6)

22 (18.0)

 
 

5

39

11 (9.2)

16 (14.4)

12 (9.8)

 
 

6

46

15 (12.6)

17 (15.3)

14 (11.5)

 
 

7

21

5 (4.2)

10 (9.0)

6 (4.9)

 
 

8

3

3 (2.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 
 

9

3

1 (0.8)

2 (1.8)

0 (0.0)

 

Residential condition

Living in the same place as before the GEJE

80

29 (24.4)

21 (18.9)

30 (24.6)

0.47

 

Living in a different place not due to the disaster

14

3 (2.5)

7 (6.3)

4 (3.3)

 
 

Post-disaster publicly funded rental accommodation

3

1 (0.8)

1 (0.9)

1 (0.8)

 
 

Houses of relatives or friends

16

4 (3.4)

7 (6.3)

5 (4.1)

 
 

Prefabricated post-disaster public housing

39

17 (14.3)

10 (9.0)

12 (9.8)

 
 

Newly built houses in the relocated high-land area

80

30 (25.2)

27 (24.3)

23 (18.9)

 
 

Newly built houses outside of the relocated high-land area

80

18 (15.1)

27 (24.3)

35 (28.7)

 
 

Others

33

14 (11.8)

10 (9.0)

9 (7.4)

 

Perceived economic status

Extremely difficult

22

12 (10.1)

7 (6.3)

3 (2.5)

0.15

 

Difficult

71

27 (22.7)

18 (16.2)

26 (21.3)

 
 

A little difficult

109

36 (30.3)

32 (28.8)

41 (33.6)

 
 

Fine

149

43 (36.1)

54 (48.6)

52 (42.6)

 

Alcohol drinking habits

Drinking

133

53 (44.5)

44 (39.6)

36 (29.5)

0.04*

 

Non-drinking

207

62 (52.1)

62 (55.9)

83 (68.0)

 

Smoking habits

Smoking

83

32 (26.9)

25 (22.5)

26 (21.3)

0.52

 

Non-smoking

245

78 (65.5)

79 (71.2)

88 (72.1)

 

CES-D

< 16

253

84 (70.6)

88 (79.3)

81 (66.4)

0.09

 

≧ 16

99

35 (29.4)

23 (20.7)

41 (33.6)

 

K6

< 9

302

100 (84.0)

100 (90.1)

102 (83.6)

0.29

 

≧ 9

50

19 (16.0)

11 (9.9)

20 (16.4)

 

IES-R

< 25

282

95 (79.8)

97 (87.4)

90 (73.8)

0.03*

 

≧ 25

70

24 (20.2)

14 (12.6)

32 (26.2)

 
  1. Distribution of walker without health-consciousness group 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), 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. Significant levels: *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01