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Table 1 Socio-demographics of included participants

From: The MIPAM trial: a 12-week intervention with motivational interviewing and physical activity monitoring to enhance the daily amount of physical activity in community-dwelling older adults – a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

Characteristics

Overall (n=)

Control group (n=)

Intervention group (n=)

p

Age in years, mean (95% CI)

Male, n (%)

BMI, mean (95%CI)

Education

 No education, n (%)

 Primary or secondary education, n (%)

 Tertiary education, n (%)

 Master’s degree, n (%)

Living alone, n (%)

Long-term illness, injuries or disability more than 6 months, n (%)

Smoking

 

 Smokes, n (%)

 Quit smoking, n (%)

 Never smoked, n (%)

Wants to be more physically active

 

 Yes, n (%)

 No, n (%)

 Do not know, n (%)

Uses a PAM before enrolment, n (%)

Walking aids

    

 No walking aids, n (%)

 Cane user, n (%)

 Rollator user, n (%)

Reports to be in pain, n (%)

EQ-5D

 

 Mobility – reporting problems n (%)

 Self-Care – reporting problems n (%)

 Usual Activity – reporting problems n (%)

 Pain/Discomfort – reporting problems n (%)

 Anxiety/Depression – reporting problems n (%)

 EQ VAS, mean (95%CI)

UCLA Loneliness Scale, mean n (%)

OEE average score, mean (95% CI)

SEE average score, mean (95% CI)

  1. BMI: Body Mass Index, PAM: Physical Activity Monitor, EQ-5D: EuroQol Research Foundation Five Domains, UCLA: University of California Los Angeles, OEE: Outcome Expectancy for Exercise, SEE: Self Efficacy for Exercise. IPAQ-SF: International Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form, NPAQ: Nordic Physical Activity Questionnaire-Short Form, MVPA: Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activity, SD: standard deviation, 95% CI: 95% confidence intervals, IQR: interquartile range, Test for between-group difference with unpaired t-test, Test for between group difference with Mann-Whitney U test, Test for between group difference with Chi2 test, p values for between group difference ≤.05 are considered significant