. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 May 29.

Published in final edited form as: J Phys Act Health. 2013 Oct 31;11(7):1304–1312. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2012-0258

Table 2a.

Adherence to the APPEAL exercise intervention among women (N=49)

	0–3 months^†	4–6 months	7–9 months	10–12 months	0–12 months
Days/week
Mean [SD]	4.7 [1.1]	5.9 [2.2]	5.5 [2.8]	5.0 [3.2]	5.3 [2.1]
% of goal^a	103	98	92	83	94
% of subjects adhering to:
≥5 days/week	45	76	71	59	65
≥3 days/week	92	88	82	76	84
Minutes per week
Mean [SD]	201 [50]	312 [123]	285 [132]	248 [148]	261 [102]
% of goal^b	99	87	79	69	83
% of subjects adhering to:
≥150 min/week	88	89	84	76	84
MET-hours/week
Mean [SD]	11.8 [3.9]	12.7 [5.9]	11.2 [7.0]	10.1 [8.0]	11.5 [5.4]
Change in VO₂max (ml/kg/min)^c
Mean [SD]	–	–	–	–	2.18 [2.4]

Goal: Progressive, starting at three 15-minute sessions/week and reaching six 60-minute sessions/week by Week 10

Goal: Six 60-min. sessions/week

VO2max was only measured at baseline and 12 months