Background
Methods
Lifestyle in the West project
Participants
Variable (n) | Classification | Characteristics n (%) |
---|---|---|
Sex (3207) | Women | 2772 (86) |
Men | 435 (14) | |
Age (3207) | Years | |
18-34 | 461 (14) | |
35-44 | 801 (25) | |
45-54 | 1104 (34) | |
55+ | 841 (26) | |
Educational level1 (2900) | Lower | 1160 (40) |
Higher | 1740 (60) | |
BMI (3166) | Mean (SD) | 24.5 (SD 3.6) |
- Underweight | BMI< 18.5 | 31 (1) |
- Normal weight | BMI 18.5-24.9 | 1901 (59) |
- Overweight | BMI 25-29.9 | 1011 (32) |
- Obese | BMI > 30 | 223 (7) |
Physical activity (3185) | Sedentary | 470 (15) |
Light activity | 1697 (53) | |
Moderate to vigorous | 1018 (32) | |
Sleep disturbances (3188) | No | 2346 (73) |
Yes | 842 (26) | |
HAD-D score (3143) | < 7 | 2584 (82) |
≥ 7 | 559 (18) | |
Expectation/feelings about going to work (3164) | Happy or fairly happy and satisfied at the thought of an interesting workday ahead | 2447 (77) |
Neither positive nor negative feelings about going to work | 431 (14) | |
Rather or strong uneasy feeling about going to work | 286 (9) | |
Self-reported health (n = 3,195) | Very good/good | 2620 (82) |
Neither good or bad | 388 (12) | |
Not good | 187 (6) |
The survey
Self-reported physical activity
Sleep disturbance
Mood
Feelings about work
Self-rated general health
Procedures and analysis of dropouts
Statistics
Results
Baseline characteristics of the target population
Characteristics of participants and non-participants in the LIW project
Participants (n = 400) % (n) | Non-participants (n = 1459) % (n) | p-value | |
---|---|---|---|
BMI | |||
- < 18.5 | 1 (3) | 1 (16) | .168 |
- 18.5-24.9 | 64 (254) | 61 (874) | |
- 25-29.9 | 30 (118) | 31 (441) | |
- > 30 | 5 (20) | 8 (113) | |
Physical activity | |||
- Sedentary | 8 (30) | 16 (227) | .0005 |
- Physically active | 93 (370) | 84 (1226) | |
Sleep disturbances | |||
- Yes | 21 (82) | 26 (381) | .025 |
- No | 79 (314) | 74 (1073) | |
HAD-D score | |||
- < 7 | 86 (335) | 83 (1189) | .159 |
- ≥ 7 | 14 (55) | 17 (245) | |
Feeling about going to work | 84 (335) | 79 (1133) | .008 |
- Positive | 12 (48) | 13 (185) | |
- Neutral | 4 (16) | 8.5 (122) | |
- Uneasy | |||
Self-reported health | |||
- Very good/good | 87 (346) | 83 (1208) | .064 |
- Neither good nor bad | 11 (43) | 12 (174) | |
- Not good | 3 (10) | 5 (74) | |
Educational level1
| .435 | ||
- Lower | 39 (140) | 37 (496) | |
- Higher | 61 (216) | 63 (842) |
Participation in different themes
Theme (number who participated) | Category | Unadjusted PR (95% CI) | Adjusted PR (95% CI) |
---|---|---|---|
Nutrition (124) | |||
Sex | Men | 1 | 1 |
Women | 2.02 (0.99-4.13) | 1.90 (0.82-4.37)1
| |
BMI | Normal weight | 1 | 1 |
Overweight/obese | 1.13 (0.79-1.62) | 1.07 (0.71-1.59)2
| |
Sleep (99) | |||
Sex | Men | 1 | 1 |
Women | 2.62 (1.06-6.43) | 3.24 (1.01-10.33)1
| |
Sleep disturbances | No | 1 | 1 |
Yes | 1.08 (0.69-1.70) | 0.97 (0.62-1.52)3
| |
Physical activity (319) | |||
Sex | Men | 1 | 1 |
Women | 2.08 (1.32-3.27) | 2.09 (1.25-3.48)1
| |
Physical activity level | Physically active | 1 | 1 |
Sedentary | 0.51 (0.33-0.77) | 0.51 (0.34-0.77)4
| |
Happiness/enjoyment (107) | |||
Sex | Men | NA | |
Women | |||
Depressive mood (HAD-D) | Low (< 7) | 1 | |
High (≥ 7) | 0.66 (0.36-1.21) |