Journal article
A brief intervention to increase physical activity in sedentary working women
Canadian journal of nursing research, Vol.36(1), pp.76-91
03/2004
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116674
PMID: 15133920
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether a brief, tailored counselling intervention is effective for increasing physical activity in sedentary women when delivered in the workplace. This prospective randomized trial used a brief intervention based on the Transtheoretical Model. The intervention group received health screening, a brief intervention, and, 2 weeks later, a booster telephone call from a nurse practitioner. The intervention was tailored to each woman's reported exercise behaviour. The 134 women randomized to the intervention were compared with 153 women in a control group who received health counselling not tailored to their exercise behaviour and no telephone call. Six weeks later, the intervention group, when compared to baseline, had significantly improved their physical activity, increasing their amount of weekend physical activity as well as minutes walked for exercise, on errands, total walking, and total daily blocks walked. When compared to controls, they showed significantly greater gains. This test of a brief, tailored strategy provides a critical contribution to the search for efficient, effective ways for nurses to deliver workplace health promotion interventions.
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Details
- Title
- A brief intervention to increase physical activity in sedentary working women
- Creators
- Janet Purath - Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USAArlene Michaels MillerGeorge McCabeJoEllen Wilbur
- Publication Details
- Canadian journal of nursing research, Vol.36(1), pp.76-91
- Academic Unit
- Nursing, College of
- Publisher
- United States
- Grant note
- F31 NR07566-01 / NINR NIH HHS
- Identifiers
- 99900547981701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article