Activity monitor intervention to promote physical activity of physicians-in-training: randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Physicians are expected to serve as role models for healthy lifestyles, but long work hours reduce time for healthy behaviors. A hospital-based physical activity intervention could improve physician health and increase counseling about exercise.

Methods

We conducted a two-phase intervention among 104 medical residents at a large hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Phase 1 was a 6-week randomized controlled trial comparing daily steps of residents assigned to an activity monitor displaying feedback about steps and energy consumed (intervention) or to a blinded monitor (control). Phase 2 immediately followed and was a 6-week non-randomized team steps competition in which all participants wore monitors with feedback. Phase 1 outcomes were: 1) median steps/day and 2) p

SUBMITTER: Thorndike AN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4065028 | biostudies-literature | 2014

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature