Table 1.
SMART Coaching Protocol contents
| Title | Session No. | Activities |
|---|---|---|
| SMART goals | 1 | Education on SMART goals |
| Specific goals | 2 | Education on creating specific exercise goals; create a short-term and long-term exercise goal with participant |
| Use of exercise journal to measure goals | 3 | Introducing exercise journal to track home exercise |
| Refine goals with time | 4 | Education on setting goals that have specific length, frequency, and time |
| Take action steps | 5 | Education and assessment of basic logistical barriers to exercise goals |
| Be realistic | 6 | Education and assessment of adjusting the goal or adding action steps given health or physical barriers |
| Address challenges | 7 | Education and assessment of psychological barriers to exercise goals |
| Take action steps for the future | 8 | Continued assessment and problem solving around barriers from earlier sessions as needed; introduce new goal of finding a community class |
| Measure goals with an exercise and falls calendar | 9 | Continued assessment and problem solving around barriers from earlier sessions as needed; introduce the exercise and falls calendar |
| Checklist and SMART Goals review | 10 | Review materials learned; review materials for community exercise |