Exploring the effect of an eHealth intervention on women's physical activity: Design and rationale for a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This manuscript reports on the protocol for a three-arm randomized controlled trial aiming to assess the effect a self-determination theory-based eHealth intervention on physical activity among insufficiently active women who are overweight or obese.

Methods

The intervention-of-interest provided (A) six weekly behavioural support emails, (B) a wearable activity tracker, and (C) a copy and verbal explanation of the Canadian physical activity guidelines, and was compared to an intervention that provided (B + C) and another that provided (C). Women from a local community were invited to participate in this study. Participants were recruited between September 2018 and March 2019. Data were collected using self-report and direct measures three times: at baseline (week 0

SUBMITTER: Black M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9092584 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature