Use of an additional physical activity skill per day corresponded to 550 more steps per day among midlife women with elevated cardiovascular disease risk.
Does an 8-week behavioral physical activity intervention improve daily steps and skill use in midlife women with elevated cardiovascular disease risk?
In midlife women with cardiovascular disease risk factors, an 8-week behavioral intervention demonstrated that daily reporting of physical activity skills is feasible and that the use of additional skills is directly associated with increased daily steps.
Estimación del efecto: sr 0.47
valor p: p=<0.001
Women in midlife (ages 40–65) often fail to engage in cardioprotective levels of physical activity (PA). Although behavioral PA interventions are tailored for this population, the extent to which women use the skills introduced by these interventions in daily life is unclear. In the present single-arm trial, 62 women in midlife with ≥ 1 CVD risk factors (e.g., hypertension; MAge = 52, MBMI = 31 kg/m2, 40% racial/ethnic minority identification) engaged in an 8-week PA program that taught 9 distinct behavioral, cognitive, and acceptance-based PA skills. Participants wore a PA monitor each day to capture their steps per day and daily skill use was assessed with an end-of-day survey; survey compliance was high (84%), and participants reported using an average of 2.2 skills per day. Within-person, use of an additional skill per day corresponded to 550 more steps per day (p < 0.001). Use of some PA skills changed over time and the number of skills used was slightly lower on days with intervention sessions than days without (F1,61 = 3.99, p = 0.05). End-of-treatment ratings showed that reporting on skill use each day was highly acceptable (M = 4/5). Findings show that participants can report on their use of PA skills between sessions and use of these skills in daily life is associated with the intended behavior change and subjective experience. Additional examination of associations between daily skill use and behavior change will enable improvements to intervention programs, to better engage or remove lesser-used skills as appropriate.
Salvatore et al. (Mon,) conducted a other in Elevated risk for cardiovascular disease (n=62). Physical activity skills training intervention was evaluated on Steps per day associated with daily skill use (sr 0.47, p=<0.001). Use of an additional physical activity skill per day corresponded to 550 more steps per day among midlife women with elevated cardiovascular disease risk.