3.1. Homogeneity of the Participants’ General Characteristics and Prior Dependent Variables
depression
A total of 75 participants were recruited, with 25 in each group. During the study, two participants in the virtual reality exercise, one in the indoor bicycle exercise, and two in the control group dropped out. Thus, 70 participants completed the study: 23 in the virtual reality exercise, 24 in the indoor bicycle exercise, and 23 in the control group (There was no significant difference in the general characteristics among the three groups at baseline, indicating homogeneity. Further, the one-way ANOVA for homogeneity of the dependent variables showed no significant differences in the BMI or the level of depression, exercise fun, and exercise immersion, indicating the homogeneity of the three groups (