Effectiveness of a Home-Based Postal and Telephone Physical Activity and Nutrition Pilot Program for Seniors

Table 2

Comparison of outcomes between PANS participants and controls.

Outcome	Control group		Intervention group		two-sample
	Baseline	Post	Baseline	Post	𝑡-test
Fibre intake: mean (SD)	15.80	15.92	16.72	17.17	𝑃2=.06
	(3.39)	(3.27)	(2.96)	(3.07)	𝑃3<.01
	𝑃1=.51		𝑃1=.03
Fat intake: mean (SD)	38.71	38.65	39.13	39.36	𝑃2=.54
	(5.24)	(5.29)	(4.68)	(4.93)	𝑃3=.25
	𝑃1=.83		𝑃1=.44
Recreation/exercise walking: mean (SD) min per week	90.76	85.49	109.95	136.58	𝑃2=.16
	(107.27)	(98.20)	(90.46)	(111.74)	𝑃3<.001
	𝑃1=.54		𝑃1=.02
Errand walking:mean (SD) min per week	86.97	77.38	103.83	105.42	𝑃2=.25
	(103.55)	(83.89)	(112.35)	(130.30)	𝑃3=.07
	𝑃1=.35		𝑃1=.91

𝑃₁: baseline versus post paired 𝑡-test 𝑃 value.
𝑃₂: baseline control versus baseline intervention 𝑃 value.
𝑃₃: post control versus post intervention 𝑃 value.