Table 5.
Physical activity and perceived social support from family members and friends at baseline and change from the previous assessment. Values are mean (standard deviations). There were no significant differences among groups at Weeks 0, 6, and 12.
| Outcome | n | Control | n | PMa | n | PM+FFb | ||||||
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Week 0 | Week 6 | Week 12 |
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Week 0 | Week 6 | Week 12 |
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Week 0 | Week 6 | Week 12 |
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M (SD)c | MΔd (SD) | MΔ (SD) |
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M (SD) | MΔ (SD) | MΔ (SD) |
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M (SD) | MΔ (SD) | MΔ (SD) |
| Physical activity (steps/day) | 10 | 3691 (892) |
1915 (2308) (P=.03) |
−454 (1733) |
11 | 3829 (1205) |
1584 (1858) (P=.02) |
439 (2069) |
11 | 4680 (2731) |
597 (2039) |
233 (2538) |
| Perceived social support from family members and friends | 11 | 2.4 (0.9) |
0.2 (0.6) |
-0.1 (0.6) |
11 | 2.9 (0.9) |
0.1 (0.8) |
−0.1 (0.4) | 13 | 2.9 (0.7) |
0.4 (0.8) |
0.1 (0.5) |
aPM: phone messaging.
bPM+FF: phone messaging plus social support from family members and friends.
cSD: standard deviation.
dΔ: (current assessment value−previous assessment value).