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Table 2 Sample characterisitics (n = 47)

From: Indoor rock climbing (bouldering) as a new treatment for depression: study design of a waitlist-controlled randomized group pilot study and the first results

Variable

Intervention group

Waitlist group

Total

Test of group differences

(n = 22)

(n = 25)

(n = 47)

χ2

U

p

Agea, M (SD)

42.71

(11.88)

44.96

(12.08)

43.91

(11.91)

 

242.50

.49

Sex, n (%)

      

0.14

 

.71

Women

12

(54.5)

15

(60.0)

27

(57.5)

   

Men

10

(45.5)

10

(40.0)

20

(42.5)

   

School education, n (%)

      

3.84

 

.43

8 years

1

(4.5)

2

(8.0)

3

(6.4)

   

10 years

3

(13.6)

7

(28.0)

10

(21.3)

   

13 years

3

(13.6)

5

(20.0)

8

(17.0)

   

Vocational training

4

(18.2)

5

(20.0)

9

(19.1)

   

University

11

(50.0)

6

(24.0)

17

(36.2)

   

Additional psychotherapy (n (%)

      

0.47

 

.49

yes

11

(50.0)

15

(60.0)

26

(55.3)

   

no

11

(50.0)

10

(40.0)

21

(44.7)

   

Antidepressants, n (%)

      

0.36

 

.55

yes

15

(68.2)

19

(76.0)

34

(72.3)

   

no

7

(31.8)

6

(24.0)

13

(27.7)

   

BMIa, M (SD)

26.81

(5.73)

24.56

(3.95)

25.61

(4.94)

 

201.00

.12

Already some experience with bouldering or rock climbing, n (%)

      

0.10

 

.75

yes

8

(36.4)

8

(32.0)

16

(34.0)

   

no

14

(63.6)

17

(68.0)

31

(66.0)

   

WHO well-being scalea M (SD)

8.86

(4.63)

8.08

(4.93)

8.45

(4.76)

 

237.50

.42

  1. adeviation from normal distribution (Shapiro-Wilk Test)
  2. BMI: Body Mass Index