Using women-only fitness club and functional disability: a cross-sectional study using propensity score matching

Table 4 The prevalence ratios of the association between the duration of WOFC membership and positive subjective changes

Ref. Members with membership of less than one year (n = 277)	Members with more than one year but less than three years membership (n = 770)				Members with more than three years membership (n = 2,340)
Outcome	PR^a	95%CI		p-value	PR^a	95%CI		p-value
Physical aspects
Places to go out	1.03	0.90	1.17	0.630	0.98	0.87	1.10	0.773
Walking opportunities	1.10	0.99	1.23	0.069	1.12	1.01	1.24	0.029*
Area of activity	1.02	0.88	1.19	0.702	0.98	0.85	1.12	0.821
Psychological aspects
Enjoyment in everyday life	1.10	0.96	1.26	0.146	1.08	0.95	1.22	0.208
Opportunities to feel “Ikigai”	1.04	0.89	1.21	0.591	1.09	0.95	1.25	0.197
Opportunities to laugh	1.26	1.06	1.49	0.009**	1.38	1.17	1.61	< 0.001***
Opportunities to feel cheerful	1.07	0.96	1.19	0.218	1.05	0.95	1.17	0.270
Social aspects
Opportunities to talk with family	1.07	0.87	1.33	0.485	1.03	0.85	1.25	0.727
Opportunities to talk with people outside of your family	1.26	1.07	1.49	0.005	1.51	1.29	1.76	< 0.001***
Opportunities to support each other	1.11	0.87	1.43	0.379	1.34	1.07	1.69	0.011*
Opportunities to participate in community activities	1.13	0.76	1.68	0.532	1.47	1.02	2.12	0.035*
Opportunities to eat with others	1.27	1.02	1.59	0.031	1.25	1.02	1.54	0.030*

Abbreviations: PR, prevalence ratio; CI, confidence interval; Ref., Reference. WOFC, Women-only fitness club
^a All models were controlled for sociodemographic factors (age, educational attainment, annual equivalized income, marital status, living alone, frequency of participation in income-generating activities and population density) and health-related factors (self-reported illness, frequency of going out, daily walking time and social participation)
* p <.05 before Bonferroni correction; ** p <.01 before Bonferroni correction; ***p <.05 after Bonferroni correction (the p-value cutoff for Bonferroni correction is p =.05/12 outcomes = p <.0041)

ISSN: 2049-3258