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Table 2 Physical activity characteristics at baseline and 18-weeks

From: Frequency of a very brief intervention by physiotherapists to increase physical activity levels in adults: a pilot randomised controlled trial

Characteristic

Baseline

18-weeks

HMF

LMF

HMF

LMF

MVPA minutes/day, mean (SD)

 Actigraph 1 s

64.7 (31)

53.7 (20.2)

68.4 (33.7)

52.6 (18.7)

 Actigraph 10 min bout

15.4 (19.1)

13 (10.3)

19.5 (31.2)

10.1 (10.8)

 Self-report (AAS)

49 (37.2)

44.5 (38.8)

51.4 (42.5)

40.1 (27.3)

Sufficient PA time, n (%)

 Actigraph 1 s#

18 (100)

18 (100)

19 (100)

19 (100)

 Actigraph 10 min bout

3 (16.7)

3 (16.7)

4 (21.1)

3 (16.7)

 Self-report (AAS)#

15 (83.3)A

15 (75)

13 (68.4)

14 (73.7)

 VM counts/day, mean (SD)

587,087 (223086)

511,455 (131679)

615,223 (278145)

504,438 (138266)

  1. Aunpaired comparison between groups, p ≤ 0.01; #vigorous physical activity multiplied by 2. HMF higher-measurement- frequency, 4 physical activity measurements and very brief advice (intervention), LMF lower-measurement-frequency, 2 physical activity measurements and very brief advice (control), MVPA moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, AAS Active Australia Survey, PA physical activity, VM accelerometer vector magnitude