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. 2025 Feb 25;27:e68462. doi: 10.2196/68462

Table 3.

Differences between intervention arms in exercise motivation, barriers to exercise, self-efficacy, and social support.

Comparison Mean difference 95% CI Hedges g
Exercise motivation
Intrinsic regulation
IP100a vs IP50b 0.11 –0.45 to 0.68 0.14
IP100 vs IP25c 0.15 –0.47 to 0.79 0.16
IP100 vs controls 0.29 –0.32 to 0.91 0.34
IP50 vs IP25 0.04 –0.58 to 0.67 0.04
IP50 vs controls 0.17 –0.43 to 0.79 0.21
IP25 vs controls 0.13 –0.53 to 0.81 0.14
Identified regulation
IP100 vs IP50 0.10 –0.61 to 0.39 –0.15
IP100 vs IP25 0.03 –0.52 to 0.59 0.05
IP100 vs controls 0.24 –0.29 to 0.79 0.36
IP50 vs IP25 0.14 –0.41 to 0.69 0.16
IP50 vs controls 0.35 –0.19 to 0.90 0.48
IP25 vs controls 0.21 –0.38 to 0.81 0.23
Introjected regulation
IP100 vs IP50 0.17 –0.80 to 0.46 –0.18
IP100 vs IP25 0.13 –0.57 to 0.83 0.12
IP100 vs controls 0.01 –0.70 to 0.67 –0.02
IP50 vs IP25 0.30 –0.40 to 1.00 0.29
IP50 vs controls 0.15 –0.84 to 0.53 0.16
IP25 vs controls 0.15 –0.60 to 0.90 –0.14
External regulation
IP100 vs IP50 0.25 –0.72 to 0.20 –0.36
IP100 vs IP25 0.008 –0.52 to 0.50 0.00
IP100 vs controls 0.08 –0.59 to 0.41 –0.13
IP50 vs IP25 0.24 –0.26 to 0.76 0.31
IP50 vs controls 0.16 –0.33 to 0.67 0.21
IP25 vs controls 0.08 –0.47 to 0.63 –0.11
Amotivation
IP100 vs IP50 0.10 –0.35 to 0.15 –0.23
IP100 vs IP25 0.03 –0.31 to 0.24 –0.12
IP100 vs controls 0.03 –0.30 to 0.24 –0.11
IP50 vs IP25 0.06 –0.21 to 0.34 0.15
IP50 vs controls 0.06 –0.20 to 0.34 0.14
IP25 vs controls 0.00 –0.29 to 0.29 0.00
Barriers to exercise
Priority
IP100 vs IP50 0.07 –0.25 to 0.39 0.13
IP100 vs IP25 0.10 –0.25 to 0.46 0.21
IP100 vs controls 0.06 –0.41 to 0.28 –0.16
IP50 vs IP25 0.03 –0.32 to 0.39 0.06
IP50 vs controls 0.13 –0.48 to 0.21 –0.27
IP25 vs controls 0.17 –0.55 to 0.21 –0.37
Practical
IP100 vs IP50 0.06 –0.17 to 0.30 0.17
IP100 vs IP25 0.05 –0.21 to 0.32 0.15
IP100 vs controls 0.13 –0.39 to 0.12 –0.38
IP50 vs IP25 0.009 –0.27 to 0.25 –0.03
IP50 vs controls 0.19 –0.46 to 0.06 –0.48
IP25 vs controls 0.18 –0.47 to 0.09 –0.49
Health-related
IP100 vs IP50 0.02 –0.23 to 0.28 0.08
IP100 vs IP25 0.09 –0.38 to 0.19 –0.27
IP100 vs controls 0.08 –0.36 to 0.19 –0.24
IP50 vs IP25 0.12 –0.41 to 0.16 –0.31
IP50 vs controls 0.11 –0.39 to 0.16 –0.29
IP25 vs controls 0.008 –0.29 to 0.31 0.02
Affective-cognitive
IP100 vs IP50 0.01 –0.20 to 0.16 –0.03
IP100 vs IP25 0.05 –0.25 to 0.15 –0.24
IP100 vs controls 0.09 –0.29 to 0.10 –0.36
IP50 vs IP25 0.03 –0.23 to 0.16 –0.13
IP50 vs controls 0.08 –0.28 to 0.11 –0.24
IP25 vs controls 0.04 –0.26 to 0.17 –0.16
Self-efficacy
Sticking to exercise
IP100 vs IP50 0.10 –0.45 to 0.65 0.12
IP100 vs IP25 0.04 –0.65 to 0.57 –0.05
IP100 vs controls 0.17 –0.42 to 0.77 0.24
IP50 vs IP25 0.14 –0.75 to 0.47 –0.14
IP50 vs controls 0.07 –0.52 to 0.67 0.08
IP25 vs controls 0.21 –0.44 to 0.86 0.24
Making time for exercise
IP100 vs IP50 0.07 –0.68 to 0.54 –0.07
IP100 vs IP25 0.24 –0.92 to 0.43 –0.26
IP100 vs controls 0.20 –0.87 to 0.46 –0.23
IP50 vs IP25 0.17 –0.85 to 0.51 –0.16
IP50 vs controls 0.13 –0.80 to 0.53 –0.13
IP25 vs controls 0.04 –0.69 to 0.77 0.04
Social support
IP100 vs IP50 1.45 –6.63 to 3.72 –0.17
IP100 vs IP25 0.69 –6.43 to 5.04 –0.09
IP100 vs controls 0.37 –5.97 to 5.23 –0.05
IP50 vs IP25 0.76 –4.97 to 6.50 0.09
IP50 vs controls 1.08 –4.52 to 6.69 0.13
IP25 vs controls 0.32 –5.80 to 6.45 0.04

aIP100: in-person exercise coaching 100%.

bIP50: in-person exercise coaching 50%.

cIP25: in-person exercise coaching 25%.