Evaluation of a Worksite-Based Small Group Team Challenge to Increase Physical Activity.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate whether participants in a small group team challenge had greater completion rates in an institution-wide step-challenge than other participants.

Design

A quasi-experimental, posttest-only design with a comparison group was used to evaluate group differences in completion rates.

Setting

A large university system provided the opportunity to participate in a physical activity challenge.

Participants

The study was limited to employees who participated in the physical activity challenge.

Intervention

Two institutions offered participants the chance to compete as smaller groups of teams within their institution. These team-challenge participants (N = 414) were compared to participants from the same institutions that did not sign up for a

SUBMITTER: Tullar JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6383520 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature