The effect of a multi-strategy workplace physical activity intervention promoting pedometer use and step count increase
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Article Title | The effect of a multi-strategy workplace physical activity intervention promoting pedometer use and step count increase |
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ERA Journal ID | 13548 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | De Cocker, Katrien A. (Author), De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse M. (Author) and Cardon, Greet M. (Author) |
Journal Title | Health Education Research |
Journal Citation | 25 (4), pp. 608-619 |
Number of Pages | 12 |
Year | 2010 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0268-1153 |
1465-3648 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1093/her/cyp052 |
Web Address (URL) | https://academic.oup.com/her/article/25/4/608/572195 |
Abstract | Pedometer use and step count goals have become popular in physical activity (PA) interventions in different settings. Previous pedometer-based workplace interventions were short term, uncontrolled and executed outside Europe. This European quasi-experimental study evaluated the effects of a 20-week pedometer-based PA workplace intervention. Pedometer-based and self-reported PA from one intervention worksite (68 participants at follow-up) was compared with the data of a comparison workplace (79 participants at follow-up). A downward trend in overall step counts from baseline (end of summer) to follow-up (winter) was found (F = 3.3, P = 0.071). However, the intervention effect revealed a significant smaller decrease in the intervention workplace (-618 steps/day) than in the comparison workplace (-1389 steps/day) (F = 8.8, P = 0.004). This intervention effect was only present in already active participants, reaching 10 000 steps/day at baseline (intervention participants: -1706 steps/day; comparison participants: -4006 steps/day) (F = 5.5, P = 0.023). Overall project awareness was very high (97%) and the intervention strategies were judged 'good to very good' by 57-95% of the participants. However, the proportion of intervention participants reporting that they had changed their PA behavior because of the intervention (31%) and reporting that they had used the pedometer during the intervention (48%) was limited. Future workplace projects should give extra attention to inactive employees. |
Keywords | physical activity, workplace intervention, step counter, pedometer, steps per day, survey |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 429999. Other health sciences not elsewhere classified |
420799. Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classified | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Ghent University, Belgium |
Open access url | https://academic.oup.com/her/article/25/4/608/572195 |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5620/the-effect-of-a-multi-strategy-workplace-physical-activity-intervention-promoting-pedometer-use-and-step-count-increase
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