Short- and long-term effectiveness of a three-month individualized need-supportive physical activity counseling intervention at the workplace.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The objective of the present study was to evaluate the short- and long-term intervention and mediation effects of a 3-month individualized need-supportive physical activity (PA) counseling intervention on employees' PA and sedentary behavior.

Methods

Insufficiently active employees (n = 300; mean age 42 ± 9 years; 78% female) were recruited from a large pharmaceutical company in Flanders, Belgium. A quasi-experimental design was used in which the intervention group (N = 246) was recruited separately from the reference group (N = 54). Intervention group participants received a 3-month behavioral support intervention, which consisted of two one-hour face-to-face counseling sessions and three follow-up counseling contacts by e-mail or telephone at weeks three, six an

SUBMITTER: Arrogi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5223544 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature