Table 2.
Study outcomes.
| Study authors | Quality | Outcomes | INTa M Change (Baseline SD) | CONb M Change (Baseline SD) | d |
| Cheung, Chow, & Parfitt (2008) [33] | “Fair” | Steps to work | -1.5 (14) | 1.2 (18.7) | -0.18 |
| Steps at work | 1.3 (2.5) | -1.8 (2.5) | 1.26 | ||
| Steps off work | 4 (6.6) | 0.4 (8.4) | 0.52 | ||
| Conroy et al (2011) [29] | “Good” | METc-hours (combined PDAd) | 6.31 (17.87) | 7.57 (15.17) | -0.08 |
| Fjeldsoe, Miller, & Marshal (2010) [34] | “Fair” | MVPAe frequency | 1.82 (1.48) | 0.24 (1.44) | 1.09 |
| MVPA duration | 18.26 (170.46) | 16.36 (170.49) | 0.01 | ||
| Hurling et al (2007) [35] | “Fair” | Accelerometer counts spent in MVPA | -9.5 (52.1) | -5.5 (53.1) | -0.08 |
| King et al (2008) [30] | “Good” | MVPA duration | 177.7 (114.5) | -80 (215) | 1.55 |
| Kirwan et al (2012) [36] | “Fair” | Total days logged | 22.76 (12.8) | 1.26 (12.1) | 1.76 |
| Steps | 159.89 (3308.36) | -4360.7 (3987.2) | 1.19 | ||
| Lubens et al (2012) [31] | “Good” | Accelerometer counts/min | -90.9 (420) | -43.7 (395.4) | -0.12 |
| MVPA duration | -13.1 (36.8) | -8.3 (35.1) | -0.13 | ||
| Nguyen et al (2009) [37] | “Fair” | Steps | 609 (3020.76) | -1017 (3021) | 0.57 |
| % MVPA | 4.4 (7.64) | -3.5 (7.8) | 1.09 | ||
| Prestwich, Perugini, & Hurling (2010) [38] | “Fair” | Days/wk walking > 30 min | 1.4 (1.19) | 0.47 (1.17) | 0.79 |
| Days/wk exercising > 30 min | 1.85 (1.48) | 0.94 (1.52) | 0.62 | ||
| Shapiro et al (2008) [39] | “Fair” | MVPA duration | 34.4 (48.5) | -15.1 (126.3 | 0.51 |
| Sirriyeh, Lawton, & Ward (2010) [32] | “Good” | MET-minutes | 3145.26 (11681.71) | 819.45 (11347.71) | 0.20 |
a INT: Intervention group.
b CON: Control group.
c MET: Metabolic equivalents of task.
d PDA: Personal digital assistant.
e MVPA: Moderate to vigorous physical activity.