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. 2014 Oct 30;3(4):e56. doi: 10.2196/resprot.3013

Table 5.

Descriptive statistics and effect sizes of study variables.

Variables Baseline Follow-up Effect size
Cohen’s d
mean (SD) mean (SD)
MVPA a leisure-time


Behavioral 37.60 (15.11) 50.22 (14.08) 0.86
Informational 42.55 (21.45) 57.36 (37.79) 0.50

Total sample 40.19 (18.42) 54.15 (29.12) 0.59
Total leisure-time


Behavioral 43.00 (17.66) 62.56 (17.21) 1.12
Informational 52.64 (21.50) 71.00 (34.65) 0.65

Total sample 48.05 (19.90) 67.20 (27.84) 0.80
MVPA a counts


Behavioral 152.55 (33.30) 189.74 (53.73) 0.85
Informational 177.69 (83.73) 182.45 (66.51) 0.06

Total sample 165.71 (64.57) 185.85 (58.85) 0.33
Total counts


Behavioral 235,884.95 (56,843.58) 293,563.02 (86,377.37) 0.81
Informational 276,452.27 (119,017.51) 294,741.53 (108,012.65) 0.16

Total sample 257,134.50 (94,697.62) 294,191.56 (95,033.31) 0.39
Sedentary weekday


Behavioral 61.18 (21.39) 57.68 (26.02) -0.15
Informational 54.54 (19.22) 53.34 (20.54) -0.06

Total sample 57.70 (20.05) 55.30 (22.63) -0.11
Sedentary weekend


Behavioral 67.65 (38.01) 65.25 (34.85) -0.07
Informational 65.49 (19.68) 65.40 (22.19) 0.00
Total sample 65.12 (29.07) 65.33 (27.76) 0.01

aMVPA = moderate-to-vigorous physical activity