Coming back for more: individual participation patterns in the physical activity initiative parkrun in Australia.

ABSTRACT: Most physical activity (PA) maintenance research has concerned adherence to small-scale interventions or infrequent observation in cohort studies. We analysed individual attendance trajectories and their drivers in a large-scale 'real-world' community-based weekly PA event (parkrun) cohort in Australia. Data were weekly attendance (walking/running) of 223 224 unique parkrun participants over their first 3 years of participation. An unweighted moving average of participation in the preceding 12 weeks from the 12th week since the first participation to the 156th week was calculated and submitted to a cluster analysis of attendance patterns. Association of individual- (demographic, personal parkrun performance) and site-level (aggregated site-level participant characteristics and area-level m

SUBMITTER: Grunseit AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11333570 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature