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J Epidemiol Community Health 58:837-840 doi:10.1136/jech.2003.017509
  • Evidence based public health policy and practice

Evaluation of the health effects of a neighbourhood traffic calming scheme

Table 6

 Physical component score of SF-36v2 among those who reported walking more, and not walking more, as a result of the traffic calming scheme

Walking behaviour First survey Second survey Difference (95% CI)
*A higher score indicates better health. Eligible paired results, 117; 7, don’t know; 110 pairs included in t test.
Have walked more (n = 24) 31.6 43.7 +12.1* (6.7 to 17.4)
Have not walked more (n = 86) 33.5 41.8 +8.3* (5.8 to 10.9)

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