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. 2018 Jun 20;2018(6):CD010912. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD010912.pub4
Trial name or title
Methods Random allocation
Location: Belgium
Recruitment: all participants were recruited from working places in Flanders (Belgium) through flyers, emails, pharmacists, and word of mouth
Participants Population: employees (male and female) aged 19‐67 years who mentioned not being physically active during the last year
Interventions Interventions: Participants were randomised into one of the following four intervention groups.
  • A minimal intervention group received no feedback

  • A pedometer group was provided only with information on their daily step count

  • A display group received feedback on calories burned, steps taken, and minutes of physical activity by means of the sense wear armband (SWA) display

  • A coaching group also received the SWA display and had weekly meetings with a personal coach

Outcomes Primary outcome: physical activity level
Secondary outcomes
  • Step count, minutes of physical (in)activity (sedentary, light, moderate, vigorous, and very vigorous intensity physical activity)

  • Daily energy expenditure in physical activity

  • Percent of participants losing fat

  • Stages of motivational readiness for physical activity

Starting date
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Notes No conflict of interest

Abbreviation

BMI: body mass index