Table 1 Comparison of the control and intervention groups at baseline
Characteristics | All (n = 159) | Control (n = 80) | MVC Intervention (n = 79) | X2 or t, P value | Cohen’s d |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Age in years, mean (SD) | 22.55 (6.1) | 22.3 (0.66) | 22.81 (0.72) | -0.5, .6 | .083 |
Gender, number (%) | |||||
Female | 125 (78.6) | 69 (86.2) | 56 (70.9) | 5.8, .06 | |
Male | 32 (20.1) | 10 (12.5) | 22 (27.8) | ||
Other | 2 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | 1 (1.3) | ||
Country of Birth, number (%) | |||||
Other than Canada | 91 (57.2) | 51 (63.7) | 40 (50.6) | 2.8, .1 | |
Canada | 68 (42.8) | 29 (36.3) | 39 (49.4) | ||
First language, number (%) | |||||
English | 93 (58.5) | 36 (45.0) | 49 (62.0) | 0.8, .4 | |
Other | 66 (41.5) | 44 (55.0) | 30 (38.0) | ||
Ethnicity, number (%) | |||||
South Asian | 44 (27.7) | 25 (31.2) | 19 (24.0) | 2.1, .7 | |
White | 32 (20.1) | 15 (18.8) | 17 (21.5) | ||
Black | 23 (14.5) | 10 (12.5) | 13 (16.5) | ||
Chinese | 15 (9.4) | 6 (7.5) | 9 (11.4) | ||
Other | 45 (28.3) | 24 (30.0) | 21 (26.6) | ||
Marital Status/ Relationship, number (%) | |||||
Single/ no relationship | 102 (64.1) | 58 (72.5) | 44 (55.7) | 7.6, .6 | |
Single in relationship | 38 (23.9) | 12 (15.0) | 26 (32.9) | ||
Married/ Common law | 9 (5.7) | 4 (5.0) | 5 (6.3) | ||
Separated/ divorced/ Other | 10 (6.3) | 6 (7.5) | 4 (5.1) | ||
Self-rated general health, number (%) | |||||
Very good/Excellent | 67 (42.2) | 29 (36.2) | 39 (49.4) | 4.9, .9 | |
Good | 56 (35.2) | 28 (35.0) | 28 (35.4) | ||
Poor/ fair | 36 (22.6) | 23 (28.8) | 12 (15.2) | ||
Mindfulness | |||||
aFFMQ-SF, total score | 72.62 (12.06) | 72.76 (11.97) | 72.47 (12.23) | 0.15, .88 | .02 |
Observing | 12.50 (2.39) | 12.68 (2.33) | 12.32 (2.46) | 0.92, 0.36 | .15 |
Describing | 15.97 (3.97) | 16.24 (4.09) | 15.70 (3.85) | 0.84, .39 | .13 |
Acting with awareness | 15.97 (4.59) | 15.91 (4.70) | 16.04 (4.52) | -0.17, .86 | -.27 |
Non-judging | 14.11 (4.09) | 13.74 (4.15) | 14.49 (4.09) | -1.16, 0.25 | -.19 |
Nonreactivity | 14.06 (3.76) | 14.2 (3.66) | 13.91 (3.89) | 0.48, .63 | .08 |
Access to private mental health counselling, number (%) | |||||
No | 102 (64.1) | 54 (67.5) | 49 (62.0) | 0.5, .5 | |
Yes | 57 (35.9) | 26 (32.5) | 30 (38.0) | ||
Vigorous physical activity per week, number (%) | |||||
Less than 75 min | 90 (56.6) | 49 (61.2) | 42 (53.2) | 1.1, .3 | |
75 min and more | 69 (43.4) | 31 (38.8) | 37 (46.8) | ||
Hours of paid work/wk, mean (SD) | 8.5 (9.8) | 7.37 (1.15) | 9.63 (1.05 | -1.4, .11 | 0.23 |
Hours of unpaid work/wk, mean (SD) | 2.4 (3.8) | 3.06 (0.52) | 1.75 (0.30) | 2.2, .03 | 0.35 |