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Table 2 Characteristics of intervention participants by sex

From: ‘This is the beginning of the new me’: process evaluation of a group fitness intervention to promote wellbeing in formerly homeless individuals

 

Youngest

Oldest

Mean

Age

24

71

43.7

 

Male % (n) 33 (8)

Female % (n) 67 (16)

Total % (n) n = 24

Ethnicity

   

 - Caucasian

75 (6)

75 (12)

75 (18)

 - Indigenous Australians

12.5 (1)

18.8 (3)

16.7 (4)

 - Other

12.5 (1)

6.2 (1)

8.3 (2)

Mental health issues

87.5 (7)

75 (12)

79.2 (19)

 Depression

25 (2)

43.75 (7)

37.5 (9)

 Bipolar

12.5 (1)

25 (4)

20.8 (5)

 Anxiety

25 (2)

12.5 (2)

16.7 (4)

 Schizophrenia

12.5 (1)

6.2 (1)

8.3 (2)

 PTSD

0

12.5 (2)

8.3 (2)

 Other

25 (2)

12.5 (2)

16.7 (4)

 2 or more conditions

12.5 (1)

31.25 (5)

25 (6)

Intellectual disability

12.5 (1)

18.8 (3)

16.7 (4)

Substance use (total)

37.5 (3)

68.75 (11)

58.3 (14)

 - Alcohol use (former)

0

12.5 (2)

8.3 (2)

 - Alcohol use (current)

12.5 (1)

6.25 (1)

8.3 (2)

 - Marijuana

12.5 (1)

6.25 (1)

8.3 (2)

 - Smoker

37.5 (3)

56.25 (9)

50 (12)

 - Hard drugsa

25 (2)

6.25 (1)

12.5 (3)

Physical health issues

62.5 (5)

81.25 (13)

75 (18)

 Obesity

12.5 (1)

31.25 (5)

25 (6)

 Diabetes

12.5 (1)

18.75 (3)

16.67 (4)

 Arthritis

0

25 (4)

16.67 (4)

 Chronic pain

12.5 (1)

56.25 (9)

41.67 (10)

 Asthma

12.5 (1)

18.75 (3)

16.67 (4)

 Hepatitis C

25 (2)

0

8.3 (2)

 Otherb

50 (4)

43.75 (7)

45.8 (11)

 2 or more conditions

50 (4)

68.75 (11)

62.5 (15)

  1. ae.g. Amphetamines, heroin, solvent sniffing
  2. bLiver cirrhosis (1), Graves’ disease (2), peripheral neuropathy (1), hypertension (1), Hiatus hernia (1), epilepsy (1), respiratory disease (1), head injury (1), heart attack (1), significant sensory deficits (1)