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. 2016 Jun 17;18(6):e171. doi: 10.2196/jmir.5269

Table 3.

Overview of goal setting, goal assessment, and goal achievement among the 1212 participants in the goal-setting group.


Goals seta, n Goals completedb, n (%) Goals achievedc, n (%)
Lifestyle area d



Physical activity 590 270 (45.8) 131 (48.5)

Weight gain 7 1 (14.3) 0 (0.0)

Weight loss 516 243 (47.1) 57 (23.5)

Healthy nutrition 263 126 (47.9) 69 (54.8)

Unhealthy nutrition 288 143 (49.7) 65 (45.5)

Smoking 21 6 (28.6) 2 (33.3)

Alcohol consumption 184 114 (61.2) 47 (41.2)

Sleep 304 154 (50.7) 39 (25.3)

Stress 115 32 (27.8) 12 (37.5)
Total number of goals 2288 1089 (47.59) 422 (38.75)
Participants in follow-upe


Total number of goals 673 575 (85.4) 227 (39.5)
Participants not in follow-upf


Total number of goals 1615 514 (31.82) 195 (37.9)

a The number of goals set for each specific lifestyle area.

b Percentage of completed goals out of the number of goals set.

c Percentage of achieved goals out of the number of goals completed.

d The total number of participants in the group is 1212, and the number of participants who completed goals is 392.

e The number of participants who reached follow-up is 153 and, of those, the number of participants who completed goals is 127.

f The number of participants who did not reach follow-up is 1059 and, of those, the number of participants who completed goals is 265.