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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2017 Apr;36(4):299-308.
doi: 10.1037/hea0000418. Epub 2016 Sep 19.

Lifestyle intervention effects on the frequency and duration of daily moderate-vigorous physical activity and leisure screen time

David E Conroy  1 , Donald Hedeker  2 , H G McFadden  3 , Christine A Pellegrini  3 , Angela F Pfammatter  3 , Siobhan M Phillips  3 , Juned Siddique  3 , Bonnie Spring  3
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Lifestyle intervention effects on the frequency and duration of daily moderate-vigorous physical activity and leisure screen time

David E Conroy et al. Health Psychol. 2017 Apr.

Abstract

Objective: How a healthy lifestyle intervention changes the frequency and duration of daily moderate-vigorous physical activity and sedentary behavior has not been well characterized. Secondary analyses of data from the Make Better Choices randomized controlled trial were conducted to evaluate how interventions to increase physical activity or reduce leisure screen time affected the frequency and duration of these behaviors during treatment initiation and follow-up.

Method: Participants were 202 adults who exhibited insufficient physical activity, excessive screen time and poor diet during a 14-day baseline screening period. The design was a randomized controlled trial with a 3-week intervention period followed by eight 3- to 7-day bursts of data collection over the 6-month follow-up period after intervention termination. Participants self-reported on their physical activity and screen time at the end of each day.

Results: A 2-part multilevel model indicated that, relative to baseline levels, the physical activity intervention increased the odds of daily moderate-vigorous intensity physical activity (frequency) but not the duration of activity during the intervention period and these effects persisted (albeit somewhat more weakly) during the follow-up period. The screen time intervention reduced both the frequency and duration of daily screen time from the beginning of the intervention through the follow-up period.

Conclusions: A 3-week intervention increased daily physical activity frequency but not duration, and reduced both the frequency and duration of daily leisure screen time. These effects were maintained over 20 weeks following the end of the intervention. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Observed frequency (left panel) and duration (right panel) of physical activity for groups assigned to increase physical activity and reduce screen time.
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Observed frequency (left panel) and duration (right panel) of leisure screen time for s assigned to increase physical activity and reduce screen time.
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